Brenda Clark et al. v. Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. et al.

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What the court decided

The legal issue is whether a plaintiff's failure to include an expert affidavit in a complaint bars dismissal when ordinary negligence can be alleged instead of professional malpractice. The Georgia Court of Appeals REVERSED the trial court's order because evidence supporting ordinary negligence could have been introduced, and the amended complaint was allowed despite the statute of limitations expiration.