Snider v. Basilio

Thompson, Justice.

This Court granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Snider v. Basilio, 276 Ga. App. 315 (623 SE2d 521) (2005), and posed this question: In what circumstances, if any, is evidence of a nurse’s failure to pass a licensing examination admissible in a medical malpractice action against the employing physician?

Rebecca and Matthew Snider brought this medical malpractice action against Dr. Florida Basilio, a pediatrician, Magelie DeVera, her nurse, and others. The cause of action arose when the Sniders’ six-month-old son, Luke, became sick and they called Dr.…