Legal Opinion
Dozier v. Clayton County Hospital Authority
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 8, 1992No. A92A0413PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal from the order of the superior court granting Clayton County Hospital Authority’s (authority) motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of sovereign immunity, and the motions of all appellees to strike and dismiss the complaint for failure to attach a legally sufficient affidavit thereto in this medical malpractice suit.
On February 14, 1991, appellants filed a medical malpractice action alleging the February 19, 1989 wrongful death of Gregory A. Dozier. Attached to the complaint was a document entitled “Affidavit of George Podgorny, M.D.” At…
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