307 Ga. App. 413 - Pattman v. Mann’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lau's Corp., Inc. v. Haskins · 246 Ga. App. 386 - Upson County Hospital, Inc. v. Head · 263 Ga. App. 408 - Shirley v. Hospital Authority of Valdosta/Lowndes County · 253 Ga. App. 587 - Johnson v. American National Red Cross · Gilbert v. R. J. Taylor Memorial Hospital, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although complaints against professionals may state claims based on ordinary as well as professional negligence, where the allegations of negligence against a professional involve the exercise of professional skill and judgment within the professional’s area of expertise, the action states professional negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“affidavit requirement does not apply to any acts committed by [the lab technologist], who is not recognized as a 'professional' under Georgia law”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.