Lawyers for Tracy Price, a Henry County school teacher, filed a lawsuit against Emory University Hospital for exposing her to the human form of mad cow disease. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or CJD as it is more commonly known, is a degenerative brain disease that causes dementia, muscle problems and eventually death. According to research, most patients who begin to show symptoms of CJD die within the same year.
According to the AJC.com:
Price and her husband, Robert, who live in McDonough, sued the hospital in state court in DeKalb County on Wednesday, alleging it may have exposed her to sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) when she underwent neck surgery on Sept. 20, 2004. The suit alleges Emory failed to quarantine or adequately sterilize surgical instruments after learning five days before Price’s surgery that preliminary test results on another patient indicated that patient had CJD. The earlier patient had undergone brain surgery for neurological symptoms she experienced. The CJD diagnosis was later confirmed.
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A partner with Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC,, Brandon Smith has devoted his practice to pharmaceutical litigation, mass torts, products liability and serious personal injury. A frequent guest speaker at legal seminars all over the country—Brandon is focused on helping injured victims nationwide, however possible. Named a SuperLawyer again in 2019, he has also been called out as one of 10 Best Attorneys For Georgia by the American Institute Of Personal Injury Attorneys and a Top 100 Lawyer in Georgia by the National Trial Lawyers in 2019.
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