Kneip v. Southern Engineering Co.

How courts have described this case

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• involving a claim of negligent inspection of a utility pole by an engineering firm
• involving a claim of negligent inspection of a utility pole by an engineering firm
• “should the legislature determine that our decisions interpret the statute more broadly than it intended, it may rewrite the statute”
• dismissal of complaint for failure to file OCGA § 9-11-9.1 expert affidavit would have been manifestly unjust where dismissal would have occurred based on change in law while action already pending
• “[T]here are instances in which actions performed by or under the supervision of a professional are nevertheless not professional acts constituting professional malpractice, but, rather, are acts of simple negligence which would not require proof by expert evidence.”
• “[T]here are instances in which actions performed by or under the supervision of a professional are nevertheless not professional acts constituting professional malpractice, but, rather, are acts of simple negligence which would not require proof by expert evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).