· 2/4/1981
Stephen W. Brown Radiology Associates v. Gowers
Citations
- 278 S.E.2d 653
- 157 Ga. App. 770
- 1981 Ga. App. LEXIS 2011
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that doctor could testify as to his own habit or custom but others could not
- rejecting a claim of error as to an offer of proof where the appellant had failed to show harm; “it is a well settled rule that a complaining party must show what he expects to prove and that such evidence is material, relevant, and beneficial to him”
- statute tolled because patient could not have learned of negligent radiation treatment during recovery period from side effects
- “The statute begins to run from the time the patient has knowledge, or through the exercise of ordinary care could have learned of the existence of the tort to him.”
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Judges: McMurray, Banke, Pope
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