Legal Opinion
Brown v. Belinfante
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 11, 2001No. A01A1339PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Phipps, Judge.
Gail Brown sued Louis S. Belinfante, D.D.S. and Atlanta Orthofacial Surgicenter, LLC after Belinfante performed several elective cosmetic procedures on her: a rhytidectomy (facelift), a genioplasty (chin augmentation), a four-lid blepharoplasty (eyelid revision), and a dermabrasion (facial laser resurfacing). Belinfante is not a physician. He is licensed to practice dentistry in Georgia and was employed by the Surgicenter. Brown claims that after the cosmetic procedures, she could not close her eyes completely, developed chronic bilateral eye infections, and required remedial…
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