Legal Opinion
Hanie v. Barnett
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 18, 1994No. A94A0624PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
This appeal follows a defense verdict in an action asserting claims for medical malpractice, fraud, and loss of consortium in which William W. Hánie and Jeanne Hanie sued Joseph C. Barnett, Jr., M.D., an orthopedic surgeon. The Hanies contended that Barnett negligently operated on Mr. Hanie’s back and committed fraud to cover up his actions.
The Hanies allege that although Dr. Barnett told Mr. Hanie that he had a problem with a disk at the L5-S1 level, Dr. Barnett actually operated at the L4-L5 level and never told them that he had done so. Dr. Barnett stated, in his…
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