Medical Practice, Doctor Owe $46 Million in Malpractice Damages

A Georgia medical practice is vicariously liable for malpractice by an employee who wasn’t a defendant in the lawsuit because state law requires only notice pleading, and the complaint put the practice on notice that the employee’s conduct was at issue, Georgia’s top court said.

Keith Trabue and his wife’s conservator properly were allowed to proceed on claims seeking to hold Atlanta Women’s Specialists LLC liable for a catastrophic brain injury Shannon Trabue suffered shortly after giving birth, the Georgia Supreme Court said Monday.

The court affirmed a judgment awarding Trabue $46 million against AWS and physician Stanley Angus.

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