Legal Opinion
Knight v. West Paces Ferry Hospital, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 17, 2003No. A03A0780PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, Presiding Judge.
After undergoing cervical disc surgery at West Paces Ferry Hospital, Laura Knight contracted a staph infection, and eventually contracted a permanent, debilitating illness known as pyoderma gangrenosum. Knight and her husband filed a medical malpractice action against West Paces Ferry Hospital, Inc., alleging the hospital nursing staff’s negligence caused her to contract the staph infection, and that the staph infection triggered the pyoderma gangrenosum.
West Paces Ferry Hospital denied that its agents acted negligently, and moved for summary judgment. The trial court…
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