Legal Opinion
Burt v. James
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 15, 2005No. A05A1339PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Presiding Judge.
Adam and Susan Burt brought this action in April 2003 against Dr. Plas James and the Atlanta Spine Institute, PC., the professional association that employed Dr. James (collectively “Dr. James”). They alleged medical malpractice and loss of consortium resulting from Dr. James’s failure to properly diagnose and treat an infection that developed after Dr. James performed back surgery on Adam Burt in January 2001. The trial court granted summary judgment to Dr. James, finding that Burt did not suffer a “new injury” in April 2001 and that the Burts’s action was therefore…
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