KIRK v. ASHLEY

A91A0071.

199 Ga. App. 805 (1991)

406 S.E.2d 82

KIRK et al v. ASHLEY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied May 29, 1991.,


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Noell, Tolley & Aldridge, J. Vincent Cook, for appellants.

Brinson, Askew & Berry, Robert M. Brinson, Don M. Jones, Mark M. J. Webb, for appellee.


ANDREWS, Judge.

The Kirks appeal from the grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment in their medical malpractice action against Dr. Ashley. In the complaint's only specification of negligence, Thomas Kirk and his wife, Modena, claimed that Dr. Ashley, while performing surgery on Mr. Kirk for a hiatal hernia, lacerated his liver and severed his hepatic vein.

The evidence established that the tears during Mr. Kirk's operation at Walton County Hospital...

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