{"id":32625,"date":"2010-06-30T09:29:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T13:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/georgia_patients_denied_recove\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:51:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:51:55","slug":"georgia-patients-denied-recove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/georgia-patients-denied-recove\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Patients Denied Recovery For Medical Malpractice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia medical malpractice cases have become increasingly difficult to bring as the legislature enacts more and more restrictive laws. A fact which many do not know is that patients injured by highly negligent actions in Georgia emergency departments have no right of recovery. This is due legislation which established  a  gross negligence standard which governing the actions of emergency room personnel.<\/p>\n<p>This  standard has been interpreted by the Georgia courts as requiring almost intentional conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The extreme unfairness of this law is  illustrated by a recent incident occurring at a VA hospital in Missouri. The VA hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/georgia-patients-denied-recove\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Georgia Patients Denied Recovery For Medical Malpractice\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia medical malpractice cases have become increasingly difficult to bring as the legislature enacts more and more restrictive laws. 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