Richmond County Hospital Authority v. Brown

Gregory, Justice.

Certiorari was granted in Brown v. Coastal Emergency Services, Inc., 181 Ga. App. 893 (354 SE2d 632) (1987), to consider whether the doctrine of apparent or ostensible agency is, or should be, applicable to a medical malpractice action against a hospital operating an emergency room under the circumstances presented in this case. The Court of Appeals applied the doctrine. We affirm.

The complaint was filed in Fulton Superior Court by Isiah J. Brown and Jessie Lee Brown, husband and wife. They alleged Isiah Brown was injured in an automobile collision on May 7, 1983 and…