Johnson v. Myers
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Judge.
Malpractice is a particular form of negligence which consists in not applying to the exercise of the practice of medicine that degree of care and skill which is ordinarily employed by the profession generally under similar conditions and like surrounding circumstances. Code § 84-924; Andrews v. Lofton, 80 Ga. App. 723 (2) (57 SE2d 338). It is the general rule applicable in all negligence actions that evidence of similar acts or omissions on the part of the defendant on other and different occasions is not admissible. Bazemore v. Powell, 54 *775Ga. App. 444, 445 (188 SE 282); Smith v.…
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Metropolitan Life Insurance v. SaulSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Pullman Co. v. SchaffnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Richards v. HarpeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
- United States Security Warehouse, Inc. v. Tasty Sandwich Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
- Mayo v. McClungCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
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- Avant Trucking Co. v. StallionCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
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