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Litigation
Medical Malpractice
HunterMaclean's Medical Malpractice attorneys have been representing hospitals, physicians and other medical care providers, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and other medical device manufacturers in medical related litigation for over 25 years.
Our attorneys have substantial experience in the following types of matters:
- Defending physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers against claims that they or their employees were negligent in the care and treatment of their patients or visitors.
- Representing physicians in front of the Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners relating to medical licensor issues following medical malpractice settlements or verdicts against the physicians.
- Counseling and assisting healthcare clients in methods of reducing their exposure to future medical malpractice claims, including providing educational in-service programs to employees on such issues as documentation and medical charting.
- Defending pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers in claims of pharmacy malpractice and various types of claims relating to the manufacture and distribution of pharmaceutical drugs, including claims for products liability, breach of warranty and failure to warn.
- Defending manufacturers of various types medical products and devices in claims of negligent design and manufacture of the product, products liability, breach of warranty and failure to warn.
These HunterMaclean attorneys represent clients in actions filed in both state and superior court and federal courts throughout Georgia and South Carolina.
Medical Malpractice
HunterMaclean's attorneys are knowledgeable and experienced in the following developments, statutes and changes affecting medical malpractice actions in Georgia:
Medical Malpractice Tort Reform passed in February of 2005, to include:
- Total Caps on non-economic damages of $1,050,000 ($350,000 for all physicians, additional $350,000 for one hospital, additional $350,000 for second hospital).
- Joint and several liabilities between co-defendants abolished and replaced with jury apportionment of damages between co-defendants and several liability for each defendant's percentage share.
