Legal Opinion
Kissun v. Humana, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 21, 1997No. S96G1225PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
The widower and co-administrators of the estate of Amala Thomas brought suit for wrongful death and medical malpractice against parent corporation Humana, Inc.; Humana’s wholly-owned subsidiary which does business as Humana Hospital-Newnan; and an individual physician. Humana moved for summary judgment as to all claims against it and appealed the denial of its motion to the Court of Appeals. That court reversed, finding that there was no evidence with which to pierce the corporate veil between Humana and its subsidiary, Humana, Inc. v. Kissun, 221 Ga. App. 64 (1) (471 SE2d…
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