Ringewald v. Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital

258 Ga. 302 (1988)

368 S.E.2d 490

RINGEWALD

v.

CRAWFORD W. LONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL et al.

45182.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 27, 1988.

Reconsideration Denied June 14, 1988.

Greene, Buckley, DeRieux & Jones, Steven J. Misner, Richard P. Lindsey, for appellant.

Allen & Ballard, Hunter S. Allen, Jr., Dennis A. Elisco, Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, J. M. Hudgins IV, Stephen H. Sparwath, for appellees.

HUNT, Justice.

After a bulldog clamp was left in his chest during quadruple bypass surgery on July 3, 1984, Dr. Robert H. Ringewald underwent a second operation that same day to remove the clamp.…