Legal Opinion
Butler v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 7, 1982No. 63364PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMurray, Presiding Judge.
This case involves a medical malpractice action brought against a medical doctor and hospital by the plaintiffs, husband and wife, originally seeking damages for personal injury and loss of consortium due to the negligence of the defendant in the performance of surgery, that is, a first rib resection and dorsal sympathectomy upon the husband in the defendant hospital’s operating room. However, at the call of the case for trial plaintiffs amended their complaint, withdrawing the allegations pertaining to malpractice and inserting in lieu thereof that the operation was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kenney v. Piedmont HospitalCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Young v. YarnCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Mull v. Emory University, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- McMullen v. VaughanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Winfrey v. Citizens & Southern National BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Hook Ex Rel. Estate of Summers v. RothsteinCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
- Ketchup v. HowardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Simpson v. DicksonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Larry D. Robinson, Joan Robinson v. Dr. Joe E. ParrishCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Joiner v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
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