Court of Appeals of Georgia· 9/9/1985
Jackson v. Miller
Citations
- 335 S.E.2d 438
- 176 Ga. App. 220
- 1985 Ga. App. LEXIS 2279
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Banke, McMurray, Benham
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Swofford v. CooperCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-07-31· cited 45×
- Keenan v. PlouffeSupreme Court of Georgia· 1997-03-03· cited 39×
- Schmidt v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-11-30· cited 27×
- Roberts v. GrigsbyCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-12-20· cited 21×
- Culberson v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-09-09· cited 21×
- Howard v. City of ColumbusCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-15· cited 20×
- Cutts v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-07-14· cited 16×
- Jones v. AllenCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-11-21· cited 5×
- Weiser v. WertCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-09-14· cited 2×
- Hinson v. DeKalb CountyEleventh Circuit· 1999-10-20
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Hennessy v. WebbSupreme Court of Georgia· 1980-02-27· cited 141×
- Love v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia· 1894-12-04· cited 84×
- Irwin v. ArrendaleCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1967-11-16· cited 36×
- Washington v. City of ColumbusCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-10-30· cited 18×
- Hall v. HOSPITAL &C. OF FLOYD COUNTYCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1956-01-26· cited 13×
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