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JOHNSON v. MYERS

43919.

118 Ga. App. 773 (1968)

165 S.E.2d 739

JOHNSON v. MYERS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 12, 1968.

Rehearing Denied December 5, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harmon & Thackston, Nolan B. Harmon, Greene, Buckley, DeRieux, Moore & Jones, Thomas B. Branch, III, for appellant.

G. Seals Aiken, for appellee.

DEEN, Judge.

1. Malpractice is a particular form of negligence which consists in not applying to the exercise of the practice of medicine that degree of care and skill which is ordinarily employed by the profession generally under similar conditions and like surrounding circumstances. Code § 84-924; Andrews v. Lofton, 80 Ga.App. 723 (2) (57 S.E.2d 338). It is the general rule...

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