Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority v. Reliance Trust Co.

Ruffin, Presiding Judge.

This case arises out of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority’s care and treatment of Terrell Peterson, a minor. Reliance Trust Company, the administrator of Terrell Peterson’s estate, and Audry Mitchell, Terrell’s mother (collectively, “Reliance”), sued FultonDeKalb Hospital Authority d/b/a Grady Memorial Hospital (the “Hospital”), alleging that the Hospital committed medical negligence and breached an implied contract by failing to timely identify, treat, report and follow up on the child abuse and/or neglect of Terrell. The trial court denied the Hospital’s motion…