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Date: 02-09-2023
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Family and Estate of Allen Turner v. Medical Center Navicent Health, et al.
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Court: Superior Court, Bibb County, Georgia
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Defendant's Attorney: Not Available
Description: Macon, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on medical malpractice wrongful death negligence theories claiming that Allen Turner died in April 2017 at Medical Center Navicent Health as a direct result of receiving substandard care during bowel surgery.
Plaintiffs claimed that the surgeon and a surgical resident cut a major artery, which necessitated seven more surgeries.
The hospital also said Turner signed a risk disclosure statement that addressed the risk of death. Here's part of that statement:
"As a result of this procedure being performed there may be material risks of: Infections, Allergic reaction, Disfiguring Scar, Severe Blood Loss, Loss of Function of Any Limb or Organ, Paralysis, Paraplegia, or Quadriplegia, Brain Damage, Cardiac Arrest, or Death., etc.
Outcome: Plaintiff's verdict for $9.3 million.
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