Legal Opinion
Cotten v. Phillips
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 6, 2006No. A06A0014PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikell, Judge.
In this medical malpractice action, Herman R. Phillips and Mattie L. Phillips sued Bennett D. Cotten, Jr., M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, and his practice group, Southwest Georgia Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center, Inc., alleging that Dr. Cotten committed malpractice in the course of treating Mr. Phillips for pain and arthritis in his left knee. Appellees filed with their complaint the affidavit of Dr. Horst Filtzer, a vascular surgeon. Appellants filed a motion in limine to exclude the testimony of Dr. Filtzer, arguing that he was not competent to testify against Dr. Cotten…
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