Legal Opinion
Smith v. Wilfong
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 1, 1995No. A95A0980PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Judge.
Smith appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to Dr. Wilfong, her former urologist/surgeon, on the second count of her recast complaint, which alleged assault and battery.
Viewed under the standard of Lau’s Corp. v. Haskins, 261 Ga. 491 (405 SE2d 474) (1991), the following facts were uncontested. Smith, who was diabetic, had suffered previous bouts of lower back pain for which she sought treatment from her regular physicians. On February 8, 1988, she went to an emergency room complaining of lower back pain and running a temperature. At that time, she denied any…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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