Legal Opinion
Rossi v. Oxley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 3, 1998No. S97G1206PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Presiding Justice.
The issue in this case is whether on-call arrangements among doctors create a joint venture such that the wrongful act of one doctor may be imputed to another in the on-call group. Because the extension of liability based solely on the on-call arrangement would discourage the availability of medical services and thus would be contrary to public policy, we decline to construe on-call groups as joint ventures and reverse the Court of Appeals.
The summary judgment record in this case showed that in 1987 Yolanda Oxley was 27 weeks pregnant and under the care of an…
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- Kavanaugh v. NussbaumNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
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- Mitchell v. GilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Peachtree-Cain Co. v. McBeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
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