{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-1-27","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-1-27","heading":"Recovery for medical malpractice authorized.","body":"A person professing to practice surgery or the administering of medicine for compensation must bring to the exercise of his profession a reasonable degree of care and skill. Any injury resulting from a want of such care and skill shall be a tort for which a recovery may be had.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"8e46b657fb846f3b63d2f43afc5081a8306c7b30db32c8d2dbfe988e934cab58","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-1-26","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-1-28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}