Apportionment of liability among medical professionals was a key issue in an argument before the Georgia Court of Appeals on Wednesday afternoon. Austin Atkinson of Hall Booth Smith appealed on behalf of the defendants in a dental-malpractice case where a patient sought treatment from several other doctors after a procedure the defendant provided resulted in an infection.

Defendant-appellants asked the court under what circumstances a jury should be able to apportion nonparty fault in a case where a patient sought the treatment of several dental care professionals after allegedly contracting an infection from an implant installed by defendant-appellee, dentist Leo Eliezer.