Legal Opinion
Airasian v. Shaak
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 7, 2008No. A07A2397PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.
This action arises out of a surgery that took place on March 15, 2001. Dr. George Shaak removed a significant portion of Robert Airasian’s colon during the surgery. On March 29, 2001, Shaak performed an emergency colostomy after he discovered that a large portion of Airasian’s remaining colon was necrotic. Airasian filed a medical negligence action against Shaak, alleging his colon died because Shaak failed to provide adequate blood flow to the surgery site and failed to monitor Airasian’s condition following the first surgery. The case was tried before a jury the…
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