Legal Opinion
Parks v. Palmer
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 4, 1979No. 57671PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Shulman, Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant brought suit in Newton County against defendant-Campbell (a resident of Newton County) and defendants-physicians (nonresidents) as joint tortfeasors for the wrongful death of appellant’s husband, Luther Parks. Mr. Parks was injured when his automobile collided with a vehicle driven by defendant-Campbell and was subsequently treated for his injuries by appellees-physicians.
The court below granted defendants’-physicians’ motion to dismiss on the grounds that as defendants-physicians were neither residents of Newton County nor joint tortfeasors with the…
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