Legal Opinion
Ziglar v. St. joseph’s/candler Health System, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 12, 2017No. A17A0214PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMlLLIAN, Judge.
Appellant Jason Keith Ziglar appeals following dismissal of his complaint for failure to file a sufficient expert affidavit pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-9.1. As more fully set forth below, we now affirm.
“A motion to dismiss based upon the lack of [a sufficient] expert affidavit is a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim under OCGA § 9-11-12 (b) (6).” (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Brown v. Tift Health Care, Inc., 279 Ga.App. 164, 165 (630 SE2d 788) (2006). “We review a trial court’s ruling on a motion to dismiss de novo, viewing all well-pled allegations in the…
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