Legal Opinion
St. Joseph's Hospital, Inc. v. Nease
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 17, 1988No. 76952, 76953PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Banke, Presiding Judge.
This is a medical malpractice action filed against the appellants by the appellees. The appellants moved to dismiss the action based on the appellees’ failure to comply with OCGA § 9-11-9.1 (a) (Ga. L. 1987, p. 887, § 3), which requires that the complaint in professional malpractice actions be accompanied by an affidavit from a competent expert supporting at least one of the allegations of negligence. The trial court allowed the appellees to correct this defect by amendment and accordingly denied the motion to dismiss. The case is before us pursuant to our grant of the…
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