Self v. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION OF GEORGIA, INC.

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• holding that the question of whether a blow to the head can cause death would not appear to be a “medical question” requiring expert testimony
• concluding the plaintiffs were not required to introduce expert testimony on causation where a patient died from a subdural hematoma after falling, even though the defendant submitted expert testimony that the hematoma was caused instead by leukemia
• concluding the plaintiffs were not required to introduce expert testimony on causation where a patient died from a subdural hematoma after falling, even though the defendant submitted expert testimony that the hematoma was caused instead by leukemia
• finding the plaintiffs action was for ordinary negligence, not medical malpractice, based on her allegation that the decedent’s injury was caused by the hospital’s negligence in failing to properly repair a leaking bathroom fixture, of which it had notice
• jury permitted to consider whether a blow to the head contributed to decedent’s death without the need for expert testimony
• jury permitted to consider whether a blow to the head contributed to decedent’s death without the need for expert testimony

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