Legal Opinion
McLain v. Mariner Health Care, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 15, 2006No. A06A0923PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.
Judy McLain appeals from the trial court’s grant of a motion to dismiss her claims in negligence arising from her father’s residence and death in a nursing home owned and operated by Mariner Health Care, Inc. (Mariner). Since we find that the trial court had no basis for dismissing these claims, we reverse.
The record shows that McLain sued Mariner for injuries suffered by and the wrongful death of her father, a resident of a nursing home owned and operated by Mariner. The complaint alleged that as a result of the nursing home staffs violations of a variety of federal…
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