Legal Opinion
Dubois v. Brantley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 13, 2015No. S14G1192PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 law under Rule 702 (c) (2) (A) to give expert testimony about…
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