Porquez v. Washington

How courts have described this case

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

• finding an expert affidavit set forth at least one specific \factually-based act of negligence\ by stating the defendants failed to monitor the use of an emergency medical device
• discussing purpose of OCGA § 9-11-9.1, which is to reduce the filing of frivolous malpractice suits, and noting that permitting a plaintiff to amend an expert affidavit to meet the requirements of OCGA § 9-11-9.1 helps to insure that a complaint is not frivolous
• when the expert affidavit is initially filed with the complaint, a plaintiff is allowed to supplement the affidavit if its sufficiency is disputed
• When an schwannoma, and performed an unnecessary and suboptimal surgery (lumbar laminectomy, durotomy, and intradural exploration). Dr. Rogan failed to aver, however, that, at the time the neurosurgeons diagnosed Fisher’s spinal condition and performed the surgery, he (Dr. Rogan
• subsequent amendments to an act affirm earlier legislative intent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• City of Gainesville v. Dodd
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-11-25· cited 257×
• Carter v. Glenn
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-29· cited 37×
• Bonner v. Peterson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-12-08· cited 29×
• Bellamy v. Federal Deposit Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-19· cited 27×
• McCombs v. Southern Regional Medical Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-16· cited 19×
• Harris v. Murray
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-16· cited 19×
• Crosby v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-11-02· cited 18×
• Department of Human Resources v. Deason
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-07· cited 16×
• Harrison v. Daly
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-01· cited 16×
• Smith v. Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-11-06· cited 16×
• Fleming v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-16· cited 13×
• Bhansali v. Moncada
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-08-04· cited 12×
• Deering v. Keever
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-11· cited 12×
• Graham v. Reynolds
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-10-23· cited 12×
• Jones v. Orris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-06-27· cited 11×
• Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors v. Visiting Nurse Health System of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-24· cited 9×
• Nicholl v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-05-11· cited 9×
• Cox v. Edelson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-02-29· cited 8×
• Tenet Healthcare Corp. v. Gilbert
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-02-15· cited 8×
• Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital v. Skipper
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-12-02· cited 7×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Precise v. City of Rossville
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-04-15· cited 89×
• Hewett v. Kalish
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-04-25· cited 60×
• Shapiro v. Lipman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-03-15· cited 55×
• Porquez v. Washington
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-17· cited 54×
• Gadd v. WILSON & COMPANY, ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-05-21· cited 41×
• Lane v. Spragg
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-12· cited 24×
• Simmons v. Boros
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-18· cited 21×
• Huff v. Valentine
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-04-20· cited 19×
• Washington v. Georgia Baptist Medical Center
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-11-13· cited 13×
• Denise v. Cannon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-12-07· cited 7×
• In Re Trust Under the Will of Arthur Lucas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1990-07-12· cited 4×