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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Baker rules in favor of the Georgia Department of Corrections as to the former inmate's medical malpractice claims against it arising after his infected toe fell off while he was incarcerated. However, the board's motion for partial summary judgment is rejected as to the inmate's claims based on a doctor's alleged negligence. There is a genuine dispute of fact as to whether the doctor was a correctional healthcare employee or an independent contractor. The physician assistant failed to show that she is entitled to qualified immunity from the civil rights claim alleging deliberate indifference. The ex-inmate's motion to exclude portions of the experts' opinions is partially granted as to two doctors' opinions that the prison parties met the standard of care and as to one doctor's opinion that they did not cause the ex-inmate's injuries.