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RIGGINS v. WYATT

A94A1604.

215 Ga. App. 854 (1994)

RIGGINS v. WYATT.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen & Peters, Jonathan C. Peters, Gary R. McCain, for appellant.

Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield & Knowles, Robert E. Shields, R. Hutton Brown III, for appellee.

BLACKBURN, Judge.

Dr. Richard S. Riggins, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon, appeals the judgment entered on the jury's verdict awarding damages to Vivian R. Wyatt in her medical malpractice action against him. Dr. Riggins performed surgery on Wyatt and installed a device known as a ken nail to repair her fractured hip. Four months later, after the ken nail broke, Dr. Riggins performed a second surgery on Wyatt.

Wyatt filed her complaint against Dr. Riggins ten...

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