Sullivan v. Fredericks

Smith, Presiding Judge.

The trial court granted the motion to dismiss filed by Craig Fredericks, a defendant in a medical malpractice action. The motion was based on the failure of the plaintiffs, Harold and Linda Sullivan, to comply with the affidavit requirements of OCGA § 9-11-9.1. We agree that dismissal was warranted, and we affirm.

Fredericks, a neurosurgeon, performed three operations on Harold Sullivan. On May 20, 1998, Fredericks fused two of Sullivan’s lower vertebrae, and on June 10,1998, Fredericks inserted two metal screws in the same vertebrae. On June 11, Sullivan returned to…