Legal Opinion
Gilson v. Mitchell
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 27, 1974No. 48445PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiffs below and appellants here are Mr. and Mrs. Irving Gilson; defendants-appellees are Dr. W. E. Mitchell, Sr., Dr. W. E. Mitchell, Jr., and Dr. Raul Soria. The suit grew out of the alleged negligence of the defendants in connection with the use of a central venous pressure catheter ("CVP Catheter”) in Mr. Gilson’s right external jugular vein throughout a period of several days of hospitalization during which time he underwent stomach surgery. Such a CVP Catheter is a flexible tube normally several inches long, designed to reach from the neck through a vein into…
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3Cited by70 opinions
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