Legal Opinion

O'Kelley v. Hospital Auth. of Gwinnett County

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 29, 1986No. 43854PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Smith, Justice.

The Fulton County Superior Court granted the appellees motion for summary judgment. The appellants, children of William O’Kelley, assert that the trial court’s grant of the appellees’ motion denied them due process. We affirm.

William O’Kelley was severely burned in a car wreck in Gwinnett County. He was further injured when the helicopter ambulance intended to take him to a burn clinic in Augusta, Georgia crashed. He died six days later in Grady Hospital.

O’Kelley’s third wife, Daisy O’Kelley, has not pursued a wrongful death action for O’Kelley’s death. His children from his…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. MacK v. MooreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Home Insurance v. WynnCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  2. Brown v. Liberty Oil & Refining Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  3. HAMON v. CONNELLSupreme Court of Georgia · 2023
  4. Brown v. Liberty Oil & Refining Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  5. Hay v. Norfolk Southern RailwayDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1994

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