· 1/16/1990
Coleman v. Atlanta Obstetrics & Gynecology Group, P.A.
Citations
- 390 S.E.2d 856
- 194 Ga. App. 508
- 1990 Ga. App. LEXIS 187
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- recognizing that an act of negligence which merely contributes to an already existing injury does not break the chain of causation
- doctor’s negligent act of performing a therapeutic abortion was not an intervening act that extinguished the original doctor’s negligent injection of a hormone into the plaintiff that “started the chain of events”
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Judges: Pope, Banke, Sognier
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