A medical malpractice case set for argument before the Georgia Supreme Court today will test the reach of government immunity for state-employed doctors.
The doctor-defendants in the case are on faculty at the Medical College of Georgia, the state’s only public medical school, now part of Georgia Regents University. The doctors have asked the court to overturn its 1997 ruling limiting how much immunity doctors at state-affiliated institutions enjoy. At the very least, they are asking the court to interpret that ruling so that state-employed doctors receive immunity even when a suit is brought by a patient who paid via private insurance.
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