BAXTER v. COHEN

No. A95A2676.

470 S.E.2d 450 (1996)

220 Ga. App. 893

BAXTER et al. v. COHEN.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 28, 1996.

Certiorari Granted July 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Z. Eisenstein, College Park, Robert M. Goldberg, Atlanta, for appellants.

Sullivan, Hall, Booth & Smith, Henry D. Green, Jr., David V. Johnson, Atlanta, for appellee.


POPE, Presiding Judge.

In this medical malpractice case, plaintiffs Susan and Timothy Baxter alleged that defendant David Cohen, Susan Baxter's doctor, failed to properly diagnose and treat her bacterial infection and pneumonia, which developed into bacterial spinal meningitis and left Susan Baxter deaf. Defendant responded that Susan Baxter's symptoms would not have led a doctor acting within the standard of care to diagnose bacterial pneumonia and meningitis; that...

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