Legal Opinion
Cardio TVP Surgical Associates, P.C. v. Gillis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 1, 2000No. S99G1712PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
We granted certiorari to consider the Court of Appeals’ ruling on Lonnie Gillis’s battery claim against Cardio TVP Surgical Associates, PC., Dr. I. J. Shaker, and Jay Livingston. Gillis v. Cardio TVP Surgical Assoc., 239 Ga. App. 350 (1) (520 SE2d 767) (1999). That claim arose out of coronary artery bypass surgery Gillis underwent during which Livingston, a physician’s assistant under the direct orders of Dr. Shaker, performed a procedure to remove (“harvest”) a vein from Gillis’s leg for use in the bypass procedure. The trial court granted partial summary judgment to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Albany Urology Clinic, P.C. v. ClevelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Central Anesthesia Associates, P.C. v. WorthySupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Lloyd v. KramerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Gillis v. Cardio TVP Surgical Associates, P.C.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
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