Hughey v. Emory University

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment to defendants in an action for wrongful death arising from medical malpractice. Appellants are the surviving husband and children of the decedent, Mrs. Sharon Hughey.

Mrs. Hughey had been an intermittent patient of Dr. Blumenthal for some years. Her last visit was on February 27, 1979, when Dr. Blumenthal gave her a prescription and arranged for gall bladder and upper gastro-intestinal (GI) X-rays at Crawford Long Hospital. The X-ray examination was conducted on March 1 and revealed no abnormalities. On March…