Johnson v. Brueckner

Blackburn, Judge.

The appellant, Sara Johnson, filed the instant action for damages against the appellees, Dr. Lawrence T. Brueckner and Gwinnett Orthopedic Surgery, P. C. (hereinafter referred to as Gwinnett Orthopedic), alleging that Dr. Brueckner was negligent in performing surgery on her right wrist and negligent in failing to advise her of all of the risks involved with the surgery. Johnson did not file an expert affidavit contemporanously with the filing of the complaint as required under OCGA § 9-11-9.1, but attached to her complaint a medical record in which Dr. Brueckner acknowledged…