Legal Opinion
Lyon v. Schramm
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 27, 2008No. A07A2237PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Adams, Judge.
On August 29, 2006, Betty Lyon filed an action for medical malpractice arising out of an “overwhelming post-splenectomy infection” (OPSI) she suffered in September 2004, 22 years after having her spleen removed.1 She alleged that none of the various doctors she saw over the five years preceding her lawsuit ever told her that asplenic patients faced the life-threatening risk of OPSI, that they never prescribed recommended vaccines to guard against infections that can lead to OPSI, and that they never advised her to take antibiotics at the first sign of a cold as is also…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Jankowski v. Taylor, Bishop & LeeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Whitaker v. ZirkleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
- Craven v. Lowndes County Hospital AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Kaminer v. CanasSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
- Young v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Saye v. Deloitte & Touche, LLPCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
- Schramm v. LyonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- Collins v. Athens Orthopedic ClinicCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
- Griffin v. Hunt Refining Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
- Bush v. SreeramCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
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