Legal Opinion
Zarate-Martinez v. Echemendia
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 5, 2016No. S15G1446PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
In March 2008, Olga Zarate-Martinez filed a medical malpractice complaint against Dr. Michael D. Echemendia, Atlanta Women’s Health Group, P.C., Atlanta Women’s Health Group, II, LLC, and North Crescent Surgery Center, LLC (collectively “Echemendia”), seeking damages for injuries she sustained during an open laparo-scopic tubal ligation that was allegedly negligently performed and which resulted in a perforated bowel. Zarate-Martinez attached to her complaint an affidavit from Dr. Errol G. Jacobi. She later identified Dr. Charles J. Ward as an expert for summary judgment…
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