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AUSTIN v. KAUFMAN

A91A1708.

203 Ga. App. 704 (1992)

417 S.E.2d 660

AUSTIN et al. v. KAUFMAN et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Gregory & Christy, Hardy Gregory, Jr., The Malone Firm, Thomas W. Malone, Baker & Chambers, Eugene B. Chambers, Jr., for appellants.

Alston & Bird, Bernard Taylor, Lori G. Cohen, G. Conley Ingram, Earle B. May, Jr., for appellees.

POPE, Judge.

Jessie Mae Austin, a 60-year-old woman, underwent a routine lumbar diskectomy for correction of a herniated disc at the L4-L5 level. During the course of the operation, defendant Dr. G. Phillip Kaufman severed the patient's left iliac artery and extensively injured the left iliac vein. Mrs. Austin began hemorrhaging during surgery, and after several unsuccessful surgical attempts were undertaken to repair the damage to her vascular system, Mrs. Austin...

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