GAINES v. WOLCOTT

43991.

119 Ga. App. 313 (1969)

167 S.E.2d 366

GAINES v. WOLCOTT.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 21, 1969.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Bruce Lowry, for appellant.

Richter & Birdsong, Horace E. Richter, for appellee.


FELTON, Chief Judge.

This appeal raises the question (apparently a novel one in this State) of whether an unmarried, minor plaintiff can recover damages in her tort action against a chiropractor for her injuries, resulting from an illegal abortion performed upon her by him with her assent and caused by his alleged negligence prior to, during the course of and subsequently to said operation.

The law in this State is that, where one is engaged with another in...

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