BROWN v. NICHOLS

Nos. 91-8235, 91-8490 and 92-8878.

8 F.3d 770 (1993)

Martha A. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Evans J. NICHOLS, M.D., Kennestone Hospital, Defendants-Appellees; John Doe, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon L. Joyner, Joyner & Joyner, Atlanta, GA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Benny C. Priest, Barnes, Browning, Tanklsey & Casurella, Marietta, GA, Robert G. Tanner, Stephen H. Sparwath, Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta, GA, for defendants-appellees in Nos. 91-8235 & 91-8490.

Benny C. Priest, Barnes, Browning, Tanksley & Casurella, Marietta, GA, for Kennistone Hosp.

Robert G. Tanner, Stephen Sparwath, Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Atlanta, GA, for Nichols.

Before ANDERSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and SCHLESINGER, District Judge.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Martha Brown appeals from district court orders dismissing her medical malpractice claims in this diversity jurisdiction case. The district court dismissed Brown's claims against the named defendants for failure to comply with a Georgia statute that requires malpractice plaintiffs to file the affidavit of an expert supporting the allegation of malpractice. The court also dismissed Brown's claims against...

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