Dubois v. Brantley

297 Ga. 575

FINAL COPY S14G1192. DUBOIS et al. v. BRANTLEY et al. BLACKWELL, Justice. This case presents a question about the qualification of expert witnesses under OCGA § 24-7-702 (“Rule 702”), specifically, what sort of experience is required of a practicing surgeon who is offered as an expert witness in a medical malpractice case to opine that another surgeon breached the applicable standard of medical care in the course of performing a surgical procedure. In Brantley v. Dubois,

327 Ga. App. 14

( 755 SE2d 351) (2014), the Court of Appeals held that a surgeon was not qualified as a matter of…