Groover v. Johnston

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

In this renewal of a medical malpractice case, we granted Dennis Groover’s application for interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s denial of his motion for partial summary judgment. Groover, individually and as the representative of his incapacitated wife, Katheryn Groover, asserted claims of negligence and negligence per se against Dr. Edwin Johnston, Jr. and Johnston’s employer, Coosa Anesthesia, LLC (collectively “Johnston”). Groover sought partial summary judgment only as to the claim of negligence per se. We conclude that the trial court erred in finding no…