Freeman v. Piedmont Hospital

209 Ga. App. 845 (1993)

434 S.E.2d 764

FREEMAN et al.

v.

PIEDMONT HOSPITAL et al.

A93A0456.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 15, 1993.

Reconsideration Denied July 30, 1993.

Jerry B. Hatcher, for appellants.

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Sidney F. Wheeler, M. B. Satcher III, for appellees.

COOPER, Judge.

Appellees are Piedmont Hospital; Hulett C. Sumlin, the hospital administrator; and Dr. Walter H. Butler, the chairman of the hospital's Department of Anesthesiology and a member of its Credentials Committee. Appellants, an anesthesiologist ("Dr. Freeman") and his professional corporation,…