A $2 million judgment against a doctor for a baby’s death survived scrutiny by the Georgia Court of Appeals, which turned back the doctor’s challenge to being cross-examined about his patient notes.
In an opinion issued Wednesday, Presiding Judge Anne Barnes ruled the cross-examination valid because it addressed claims of the doctor’s untruthfulness. The doctor noted an examination in a hospital room which the patient and her husband did not remember having. In another note, the doctor recorded a more extensive examination than the couple remembered.
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