Legal Opinion
Craven v. Lowndes County Hospital Authority
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 2, 1993No. S93A0825PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Chief Justice.
In August 1986, when he was 15 years old, appellant (Craven) had a mole on his back examined. Appellee (Santos) performed a biopsy and diagnosed it as noncancerous. From August 1986, until September 1991, Craven experienced no pain or other symptoms of cancer. In September 1991, however, a physician advised Craven that the growth on his back was cancerous. Subsequent investigations showed *658that the biopsy done in 1986 revealed a malignant melanoma which was misdiagnosed as benign.
Craven filed this medical malpractice complaint on September 3, 1992, naming Dr. Santos and…
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