Legal Opinion
Waldroup v. Greene County Hospital Authority
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 24, 1995No. S95G0443PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Per curiam
We granted certiorari in this case to consider (1) whether, when a claim for personal injuries arising from alleged medical malpractice is dismissed for failure to comply with the affidavit requirement of OCGA § 9-11-9.1, and the injured party subsequently dies, res judi-cata bars the refiling of the personal injury claim by the decedent’s administrator, and (2) whether, in the same circumstances, collateral estoppel bars the filing of a new claim for wrongful death. The Court of Appeals answered both questions affirmatively. We now hold that while the Court of Appeals correctly resolved the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by138 opinions
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