Schmidt v. Adams
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
Plaintiff Adams brought this wrongful death action against the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, Emory University and Emory Medical Care Foundation, Inc., the treating physician at Grady Hospital, the estate of the former physician at the DeKalb County Jail, a nurse at the DeKalb County Jail, and Schmidt, a physician’s assistant at the DeKalb County Jail. Adams contends that the defendants were negligent in their diagnosis and treatment of his wife’s fatal pulmonary emboli.
Schmidt and the nurse moved for summary judgment on the basis of their official immunity as salaried…
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Hennessy v. WebbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Logue v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
- Joyce v. Van ArsdaleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Swofford v. CooperCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
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