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Georgia Tort Reform – Plaintiff Must Sign Authorization When Filing Medical Malpractice Case
Johnson & Ward Team

March 6, 2005

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SB 3, effective in all cases on 2/16/05, requires that the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case provide with the complaint a signed authorization for defense counsel to obtain all protected health information in medeical records, and to have ex parte discussions with all of the plaintiff’s (or plaintiff’s decedent’s) treating physicians. This section may…

Georgia Tort Reform – Malpractice Affidavit Changes
Johnson & Ward Team

March 5, 2005

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Since 1987, Georgia has required that in any professional malpractice case that the plaintiff file with the complaint an affidavit from a member of the same profession stating how the applicable standard of care was allegedly violated. If the complaint was filed within ten days prior to expiration of the statute of limitation there was…

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