WHIDDON v. SPIVEY

A89A1982.

194 Ga. App. 587 (1990)

391 S.E.2d 421

WHIDDON v. SPIVEY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor & Harp, J. Sherrod Taylor, Jefferson C. Callier, for appellant.

Jones, Cork & Miller, Thomas C. Alexander, Brandon A. Oren, for appellee.


McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

This is a medical malpractice action in which summary judgment was awarded to defendant physician on the ground that the statute of limitation expired before plaintiff filed suit.

Because plaintiff's leg had been fractured in an automobile accident, defendant, an orthopedic surgeon, performed a surgical procedure known as open reduction, internal fixation, right lateral tibial plateau, upon plaintiff on May 29, 1985. In performing...

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