Burns v. Forsyth County Hospital Authority, Inc.

JOHNSON, Judge.

Plaintiffs assign error to the granting of summary judgment in favor of defendant as to punitive damages, the granting of directed verdicts on the majority of plaintiffs’ claims of negligence, and the exclusion of certain medical records; also plaintiffs’ challenge the propriety of the jury charge.

Plaintiffs presented as their case in chief the testimony of both plaintiffs; Dr. Amon Funderburk, one of Willie Lee Burns’ treating physicians at Forsyth Memorial Hospital; Everett Fox, an expert in the field of hospital administration; Dr. Joseph Oliver, an expert in the general…