Legal Opinion
Akers v. Elsey
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 4, 2008No. A08A1103PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Chief Judge.
Bureda Akers and Joseph Akers filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Jim Elsey and Dr. Phillip Brown alleging that the physicians negligently performed a surgical procedure on Bureda Akers. Before trial, the doctors filed a motion to exclude the testimony of the two Akerses’ expert witnesses on the ground that each failed to meet the competency requirements of OCGA § 24-9-67.1 (c). Following a hearing, the trial court granted the motion. The doctors subsequently filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted because the…
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