Legal Opinion
Lee v. VISITING NURSE HEALTH SYSTEM OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA, INC.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 23, 1996No. A96A1542PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Chief Judge.
Defendants’ motions to dismiss in this malpractice case were granted for failure to comply with the requirements of OCGA § 9-11-9.1, and Lee appeals.
Hogan, an orthopedic surgeon, performed surgery to repair Lee’s fractured knee and prescribed certain post-operative physical therapy, which Lee received from Visiting Nurse Health System (‘VNHS”). Lee contends that during one therapy session Darnell, a therapist employed by VNHS or acting as the apparent, agent of VNHS, overly flexed his knee in violation of Hogan’s specific prescription that it not exceed an angle of 30…
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- Sandford v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
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