CLAY v. RIPPY

No. A09A0681.

682 S.E.2d 330 (2009)

299 Ga. App. 224

CLAY et al. v. RIPPY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harris, Penn & Lowry, Jed D. Manton, Atlanta, for appellants.

Huff, Powell & Bailey, Michael S. Bailey, Julye M. Johns, Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, H. Andrew Owen, Jr., Shannon C. Shipley, Atlanta, Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Terrell W. Benton III, Athens, Kevin A. Leipow, Carlock, Copeland & Stair, Atlanta, Rebecca C. Wall, for appellees.


ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

Tina Clay appeals from the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the defendant health care providers on her child's claim of a "preconception tort." The complaint alleged that defendants committed medical malpractice by failing to advise Clay to take folic acid supplements before she became pregnant. Because we agree that there is no evidence that the doctors' treatment of Clay fell below the requisite standard of care, we affirm.

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