CLEAVELAND v. GANNON

Nos. S08G0721, S08G0713.

667 S.E.2d 366 (2008)

CLEAVELAND v. GANNON et al. Entrekin et al. v. Gannon et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 22, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Snow, Richard A. Epps, Jr., Robert R. Gunn II, Macon, for appellants (case no. S080G0713).

Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, Rolfe M. Martin, Mark D. Meliski, H. Andrew Owen, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant (case no. S08G0721).

Maniklal & Dennis, Preyesh K. Maniklal, Charles M. Cork III, Warshauer, Poe & Thornton, James M. Poe, Christopher J. McFadden, Bobby-Thompson, Chudi Aniekwu, Duluth, for appellees.

Peters & Monyak, Robert P. Monyak, Jeffrey S. Bazinet, Donald J. Palmisano, Jr., Henry, Spiegel, Fried & Milling, Harvey R. Spiegel, Pope & Howard, J. Marcus Edward Howard, Atlanta, for amici curiae.


CARLEY, Justice.

In June of 2000, William Gannon underwent an appendectomy. In connection with that procedure, a CT scan was performed which showed two masses in his left kidney. Urinalysis also revealed that he had microscopic hematuria, which is blood in the urine that is only visible with a microscope. He was referred to Dr. Lynwood Cleaveland for urological consultation. Dr. Cleaveland told Mr. Gannon that he had a small cyst in his kidney which was common and...

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