Fisher v. Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc.

Adams, Judge.

Garland Fisher, as temporary administrator of the estate and surviving spouse of Jo Ann Fisher, filed this wrongful death and survival action based on medical malpractice against Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc., Cheng H. Lin, M.D., Frederick G. Pánico, M.D., George F. Egolf, CRNA and Douglas Woman’s Clinic, PC. on March 17, 2003. Fisher did not attach an expert affidavit to his complaint as required by OCGA § 9-11-9.1 (a), but he did invoke the provisions of OCGA§ 9-11-9.1 (b), which automatically allows an additional forty-five days to file an expert affidavit when the…