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Jackson v. Miller

Citations

  • 335 S.E.2d 438
  • 176 Ga. App. 220
  • 1985 Ga. App. LEXIS 2279

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  • holding that a physician was not entitled to qualified immunity simply by virtue of his employment by a public clinic, because his primary duty as a physician was to his patient, rather than the state or the city
  • stating that doctor employed by public clinic was not allowed to advance defense of immunity in a malpractice action because doctor was not acting as government agent when treating patient but was only acting as physician
  • no official immunity for employee-physician

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Judges: Banke, McMurray, Benham

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