Johnson v. Yeager

Sognier, Judge.

Helen Johnson filed an action against Candler General Hospital and Drs. Stephen Yeager, Nicholas Costrini, and Donald Henley, seeking damages for loss of her husband’s consortium. The trial court granted the defendants’ motion for summary judgment based on the statute of limitations, and Johnson appeals.

The record reveals that appellant and her husband are South Carolina residents. On August 21, 1986, the same day appellant’s action for loss of consortium was filed (and, we note, the same day the case was referred to appellant’s Georgia counsel by attorneys in South Carolina)…