Legal Opinion
Webster v. Desai
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 14, 2010No. A10A0556PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Doyle, Judge.
Rohit Desai, M.D., administered Depo-Provera 1 to 15-year-old Kyia Andrews while she was pregnant with her son, Mekhii .Andrews, who was born with limb reduction defects (“LRD”). 2 Mekhii’s great-grandmother and conservator, Juanita Webster, filed a medical malpractice action against Dr. Desai, Rohit M. Desai, M.D., EC., and Stone Mountain Family Medicine (collectively, “Dr. Desai”), alleging that Dr. Desai’s administration of the contraceptive caused Mekhii’s LRD. Dr. Desai filed a motion to exclude the testimony of Webster’s expert witness and a motion for summary judgment, and…
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