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· 1/8/1975

Mitchell v. Gilson

Citations

  • 211 S.E.2d 744
  • 233 Ga. 453
  • 1975 Ga. LEXIS 1340

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding the lower court’s holding that concurrent tortfeasors were jointly and severally liable when they produced a single indivisible injury and the resulting damages lacked a rational basis for apportionment
  • tortfeasors jointly liable for individual acts of negligence against the plaintiff combining to create a single injury
  • \We conclude that the opinion of the Court of Appeals correctly states the law of Georgia on this subject and we adopt [its] opinion.\
  • when two doctors independently treat a patient, they may he held jointly and severally liable if their independent negligent acts produce an indivisible injury
  • “We conclude that the opinion of the Court of Appeals correctly states the law of Georgia on this subject and we adopt [its] opinion.”

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Judges: Jordan, Hall, Hill

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