Attorney Jed Davis Manton's Legal Cases

Medical malpractice

Louis v. Gwinnett Medical Center, Dr. Williard Hearin

Nov 09, 2016

OUTCOME: $30.5 million - The jury assigned 75 percent fault to the medical center and 25 percent fault to Dr. Hearin.

Zetah Louis was 35 weeks pregnant when an ultrasound showed possible blood flow problems through the umbilical cord to the fetus. Instead of preparing for an emergency C-section, she was sent to Gwinne ... tt Medical Center for a consult. After arriving at the hospital, she was forced to wait an extended time period and a follow up test which had been ordered STAT was not timely performed. Because of the delay, her baby Re’Ayah suffered hypoxic brain injury and was born with permeant injuries including cerebral palsy, developmental delay and a seizure disorder. Re’Ayah, who is now 4, will need 24-hour care for the rest of her life. Jed Manton served as co-counsel, along with Daniel Weinstock of the Philadelphia firm Feldman Shephard LLP, in the Gwinnett County state court case.

Child abuse

Doe v. Zion Baptist Church of Braselton Inc, et al.

Apr 13, 2014

OUTCOME: $8 million - The verdict is believed to be the largest verdict ever awarded in Jackson County.

The case against the church centered around its failures to screen the volunteer. Tragically, numerous red flags should have alerted the church that their volunteer had no business interacting with the ... church’s youth. After the conclusion of a fall festival at the church, the volunteer escorted two minors off church property and molested one of the boys. The molester eventually plead guilty in criminal proceedings and is presently incarcerated. The lawyer hired by the insurance company on behalf of the church argued that the church bore no responsibility for the minor’s molestation. Fortunately, the Jackson County jury disagreed and found in favor of the minor. The trial team consisted of Jeff Harris, Jed Manton, Yvonne Godfrey and Molly McNeeley.

Medical malpractice

Allen v. Consolidated Ob-Gyn, Dekalb Surgical Associates

Jan 25, 2010

OUTCOME: $4.3 million - This jury verdict was the largest medical malpractice judgment in the state of Georgia in 2010.

Kathleen Allen’s daughter, Tanyka Brydson, was admitted to DeKalb Medical Center to give birth to her twins via cesarean section. Tanyka’s incision area became infected and required immediate, aggressi ... ve treatment as well as timely surgical intervention. Instead, it was delayed. Ultimately, Tanyka underwent multiple surgical debridements as her condition continued to worsen during her hospitalization at DeKalb Medical Center. Her mother had her transferred to another hospital where she ultimately died due to multi-system organ failure secondary to necrotizing fasciitis. DeKalb Medical Center failed to properly diagnose, treat and care for Tanyka. Consolidated Ob-Gyn and Dekalb Surgical Associates were deemed liable for a total of $4,317,495, including $2.3 million for the value of Brydson’s life, $200,000 for pain and suffering and $1,817,495 for medical and funeral expenses. Jeff Harris and Steve Lowry served as lead trial counsel, along with Jed Manton, in what defense counsel called the most complex medical malpractice case they had ever been involved in.

Transportation

Mundy v. Ford Motor Company

Apr 23, 2009

OUTCOME: $40 million - This was the largest jury verdict in Georgia and one of the top 50 largest verdicts nationwide in 2009. At the time, this was also among the largest personal injury decisions in Georgia history.

On November 1, 2005, Jessica Mundy pulled her Ford Explorer into a parking space in front of the post office located in McDonough, Georgia. She intended to drop off a package in an outside drop box whe ... n she put her vehicle in park and conversed with a friend on her cell phone for several minutes. She then opened the driver’s side door, exited the vehicle and walked toward the drop box. As she approached the sidewalk, the vehicle suddenly, and without warning, shifted into reverse from the park position and began to roll backward. Jessica immediately returned to the vehicle and attempted to reach the shifter lever to place the vehicle back in park. As she tried to get back in the vehicle she was struck by the driver’s side door on the moving vehicle and knocked down. The vehicle ran over her, causing a fracture of her spine. As a result she was rendered a paraplegic. HLM's trial team, consisting of Jeff Harris, Steve Lowry and Jed Manton, was able to show that Ford Motor Company had known for decades that their transmissions suffered from a defect known as false park. In addition to obtaining the verdict on behalf of Jessica and her husband, Butts County Sheriff Ken Mundy, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation to examine the transmissions defects.

Wrongful death

Wyckstandt v. Gwinnett Hospital System

May 26, 2008

OUTCOME: $5 million - Since the verdict, there have been several other large verdicts in Gwinnett County involving poor medical care.

On November 21, 2000, Richard and Wendy Wyckstandt had their second son, Austin, at Gwinnett Medical Center. Unrelated to this case, Austin was born with a congenital heart defect and later died. We ... ndy was released from the hospital two days after giving birth, but was readmitted on November 25. She was diagnosed with toxemia/preeclampsia. When her mother came to visit Wendy on the morning of November 28, she found her daughter drowned in the shower. Wendy was revived, transferred to ICU, but died about 24 hours later. Evidence at trial showed that the hospital failed to follow its own policies and should have assisted Wendy whenever she was out of bed. Jeff Harris served as lead counsel for the Wyckstandt family with the assistance of Jed Manton, then an associate at HLM.

Jed Davis Manton's Legal Cases (5)

Louis v. Gwinnett Medical Center, Dr. Williard Hearin

Doe v. Zion Baptist Church of Braselton Inc, et al.

Allen v. Consolidated Ob-Gyn, Dekalb Surgical Associates

Mundy v. Ford Motor Company

Wyckstandt v. Gwinnett Hospital System