Legal Opinion

Thompson v. Zwiren

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 12, 2002No. A01A1931PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Eldridge, Judge.

Tracee Thompson, plaintiff, received an adverse verdict in her medical malpractice suit against Jeffrey D. Zwiren, M.D., and Prima Center for Plastic Surgery, P.C., and contends that the timely objected-to jury charge, “plaintiff must present expert medical testimony showing that within a reasonable degree of medical certainty as proven by a preponderance of the evidence that the injury in question was proximately caused by the negligence of the defendant,” was harmful error. Plaintiff moved for a new trial setting out the objected-to charge as a special ground, and the trial…

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2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Estate of Patterson v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Ezor v. ThompsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  3. Goggin v. GoldmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  4. Maurer v. ChyatteCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Abdul-Majeed v. Emory University HospitalCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Zwiren v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  2. Mercker v. AbendCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  3. Mercker v. AbendCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  4. Thompson v. ZwirenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  5. Zwiren v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003

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