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· 9/10/2003

Houston v. Bedgood

Citations

  • 588 S.E.2d 437
  • 263 Ga. App. 139
  • 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 2774
  • 2003 Ga. App. LEXIS 1145

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • physician does not have special relationship with the “motoring public” that would create any duty to motorist killed in car accident with patient
  • “[A]bsent legal authority in the physician to place restraints on the liberty of his patient, the duty to control does not arise.”

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Judges: Eldridge, Johnson, Mikell

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