Shamp Silk
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About Shamp Silk
Shamp Silk is an Atlanta, Georgia medical malpractice and catastrophic injury firm founded by trial lawyers Laura M. Shamp and Joshua F. Silk. The firm represents plaintiffs statewide in medical malpractice, wrongful death, dangerous consumer product, and nursing home liability cases on a contingency basis. Shamp Silk obtained a $75 million jury verdict in Buckelew v. Womack, a Fulton County case involving a patient who developed locked-in syndrome after physicians failed to respond to a stroke; the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the verdict in March 2025.
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A Fulton County State Court jury awarded $75 million to Jonathan Buckelew, who suffered a brain stem stroke after a chiropractic neck adjustment at age 32 and was left with locked-in syndrome when an emergency physician and a radiologist failed to diagnose it for a full day. The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment in March 2025.
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