197 Ga. App. 171 - Milligan v. Manno’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 161 Ga. App. 495 - Sandford v. Howard · 189 Ga. App. 563 - Piedmont Hospital, Inc. v. Milton · 176 Ga. App. 467 - Bethea v. Smith · 189 Ga. App. 568 - Padgett v. Crawford · 190 Ga. App. 660 - Hicks v. Mauldin
Most-quoted passages
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“establishes that the witness is a member of a different school of medicine than that practiced by the defendant but contains no evidence that the methods of treatment of plaintiff's condition are the same so as to bring the witness within the exception to the general rule that he is incompetent to testify[, then] the affidavit is legally insufficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“`[w]here there is proof by competent evidence that the methods of treatment are the same despite the difference in the nomenclature of the schools involved, the witness is competent to testify.' [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The affidavit required by OCGA § 9-11-9.1 to be filed with a malpractice complaint is insufficient if it fails to show the affiant is competent to testify as an expert in the case. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Riggins v. Wyatt
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