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MESSEX v. LYNCH

42042.

255 Ga. 208 (1985)

336 S.E.2d 755

MESSEX v. LYNCH.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 27, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stubbs & Associates, M. Francis Stubbs, for appellant.

Oliver, Maner & Gray, William P. Franklin, Jr., Thomas A. Withers, for appellee.

SMITH, Justice.

The appellant, Joyce Messex, developed a lump on her neck and her physician referred her to the appellee, Lawrence J. Lynch, M.D., to have the lump surgically excised so that it could be checked for malignancy. The appellee performed a posterior cervical node biopsy upon the appellant. Thereafter the appellant brought an action for malpractice alleging that during the course of the surgery that the appellee...

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