Gliemmo v. Cousineau

The Georgia Constitution prohibits the General Assembly from enacting a “local or special law ... in any case for which provision has been made by an existing general law. . . .” 1983 Ga. Const., Art. Ill, Sec. VI, Par. IV (a). Since 1863, Georgia law has required that “[a] person professing to practice surgery or the administering of medicine for compensation must bring to the exercise of his profession a reasonable degree of care and skill[,]” and Georgia law has provided that “[a]ny injury resulting from a want of such care and skill shall be a tort for which recovery may be had.” OCGA §…