Green v. Central State Hospital

Mikell, Judge.

In this medical malpractice action, we affirm the summary judgment granted to the appellees, Washington State Prison (the “Prison”), Dr. Michael Rogers, the Prison’s medical director, the Georgia Department of Corrections (“GDOC”), and the State of Georgia. On appeal, our review is de novo, and we construe the evidence, and all inferences therefrom, most favorably to the plaintiffs, as the opponents of summary judgment.

So viewed, the record shows that Patricia Walker, a 36-year-old inmate who had been serving a life sentence at the Prison, died on August 18, 1999, in a county…