Fincher v. Davis
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Certiorari; from Fulton superior court — Judge Pendleton. December 7, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. “A person professing to practice surgery or the administering of medicine for a compensation must bring to the exercise of his profession a reasonable degree of care and skill. Any injury resulting from a want of such care and skill will be a tort for which a recovery.may be had.” Civil Code (1910), § 4427. “The exercise of this degree of care and skill is the measure of professional duty in all cases; and whether this degree of care and skill has been exercised in a given case is a question of fact for the jury.” Edwards v. Roberts, 12 Ga. App. 140 (76 S. E. 1054). In determining such an…
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