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AMU v. BARNES

No. S07G1818.

662 S.E.2d 113 (2008)

AMU et al. v. BARNES et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby-Thomson Chudi Aniekwu, Bobby C. Aniekwu & Associates, Atlanta, Christopher J. McFadden, Decatur, for Appellants.

James M. Poe, Washauer, Poe, & Thornton, P.C., Atlanta, for Appellee.

Donald J. Palmisano, Jr., Medical Assn. of Georgia, Atlanta, Robert P. Monyak, Jeffrey S. Bazinet, Peters & Monyak, LLP, Atlanta, amicus appellant.

J. Marcus Howard, Pope & Howard, Harvey R. Spiegel, Henry, Spiegel, Fried & Milling, LLP, amicus appellee.

CARLEY, Justice.

On January 12, 2000, Wilbert Barnes visited his physician, Dr. Chuckwudi Bato Amu, with a complaint of rectal bleeding. Dr. Amu diagnosed a hemorrhoid condition and prescribed suppositories to relieve the discomfort. Within two weeks, the bleeding stopped completely. Believing that the hemorrhoid condition diagnosed by Dr. Amu had resolved itself, Mr. Barnes never again consulted that physician. In 2002, Mr. Barnes began to see Dr. Bruce Ramsdell...

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