Legal Opinion
Patterson v. Douglas Women's Center, PC
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 12, 1989No. 46241PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Weltner, Justice.
1. Patterson filed suit in August, 1987, alleging, medical malpractice. No expert’s affidavit was filed contemporaneously with the action as required by OCGA § 9-11-9.1, although Patterson asserted in the complaint that a physician’s affidavit was attached. After the statute of limitations had expired, the defendants moved to dismiss for failure to file the affidavit. Patterson then dismissed the action voluntarily and refiled it three months later. The trial court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, holding that the failure to comply with OCGA § 9-11-9.1…
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