Legal Opinion
Schmidt v. Feldman
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 9, 1998No. A98A0544PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
Linda and George Schmidt appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their medical malpractice complaint for failure to attach a properly notarized expert affidavit. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.
The plaintiffs sued Paul Feldman, M.D., and Advanced Aesthetics, P.C. for medical malpractice in connection with a breast implant procedure. Pursuant to OCGA § 9-11-9.1, the plaintiffs attached to their complaint the expert affidavit of Frank Bongiorno, M.D. During Bongiorno’s deposition, he admitted that he had signed the affidavit in Michigan, although it was notarized by a…
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