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· 10/12/1979

Slack v. Moorhead

Citations

  • 262 S.E.2d 186
  • 152 Ga. App. 68
  • 1979 Ga. App. LEXIS 2812

How courts have described this case

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  • except in rare instances, the question of compliance with the required medical standard of care must be presented through expert testimony
  • except in rare instances, the question of compliance with the required medical standard of care must be presented through expert testimony
  • the standard of care is “not what a particular doctor would do in the circumstances”
  • presumption that medical professionals exercise due care

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Judges: Birdsong, Quillian, Smith

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