A Georgia law setting out the qualifications for witnesses testifying as experts in medical malpractice cases is valid, the state high court rules (Zarate-Martinez v. Echemendia, 2016 BL 214512, Ga., S15G1446., 7/5/16).
The Georgia Supreme Court July 5 turned away a constitutional challenge to Off. Ga. Code § 24-7-702(c), saying the law wasn’t unduly vague and didn’t violate the due process or equal protection rights of medical malpractice plaintiffs.
The law, which is similar to provisions in many other states, was intended to help reduce the cost of liability insurance for health-care providers and ensure citizens have ...
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