183 S.E.2d 605 (Ga.App. 1971), 45789, Parker v. Vaughan

Citation: 183 S.E.2d 605, 124 Ga.App. 300

Party Name: Claudia L. PARKER R. H. VAUGHAN.

Attorney: Where a surgeon negligently leaves a foreign object in the body of his patient, there exists a continuing tort for so long as the object remains undetected. The statute of limitation does not begin to run on the cause of action until its presence is known to the patient or until the patient by th...

Case Date: July 01, 1971

Court: Georgia Court of Appeals