A Georgia anesthesiologist was entitled to summary judgment in a medical malpractice suit seeking to hold him liable for a physician assistant’s allegedly negligence acts.
A state law that makes supervising physicians responsible for the acts of physician assistants didn’t support Carole Maso’s claim against Brian Zeh because “responsible” and “liable” aren’t interchangeable, the Georgia Court of Appeals said.
The court strictly construed Geogia’s Physician Assistant Act.
Maso’s husband Eugene died after an elective outpatient procedure to detect and treat problems with the ducts that carry fluids from the liver and pancreas to the gall bladder and small intestine. She ...
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