Legal Opinion
Parker v. Vaughan
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 1, 1971No. 45789PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Chief Judge.
Although there have been cases in this jurisdiction dealing with foreign objects left in patients’ bodies by surgeons during the course of operations, none of these cases is directly in point with the one here but each is in some pertinent fashion distinguishable. However, the holdings in Silvertooth v. Shallenberger, 49 Ga. App. 133 (174 SE 365) are rather obscure and are rendered more so by their explanation and the holding in the later case of Silvertooth v. Shallenberger, 49 Ga. App. 758 (176 SE 829). The second Silvertooth case does not seem to recognize that where the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Gaddis v. SmithTexas Supreme Court · 1967
- Berry v. BrannerOregon Supreme Court · 1966
- Huysman v. KirschCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- Morgan v. Grace Hospital, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
- Akridge v. NobleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Ballenger v. CrowellCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1978
- Everhart v. Rich's, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- King v. Seitzingers, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
- Williams v. KilgoreMississippi Supreme Court · 1992
- Stephen W. Brown Radiology Associates v. GowersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
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