Legal Opinion
Crisp Regional Hospital, Inc. v. Oliver
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 23, 2005No. A05A1173, A05A1174; A05A1175PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.
Milton Oliver sustained a back injury while working as a custodian for Crisp Regional Hospital, Inc. (Crisp Regional). Acting as Oliver’s employer pursuant to the provisions of the Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act (W CA), Crisp Regional provided him with medical care benefits for the injury by sending him to its own hospital-operated medical clinic for treatment. Oliver claims that the manner in which the medical care was provided negligently delayed diagnosis and treatment of his back injury, which allowed pressure on his spinal cord resulting from the injury to…
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