Legal Opinion
Howland v. Wadsworth
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 9, 2013No. A13A0927PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ray, Judge.
Ellen Rebecca Wadsworth sued Gregory Howland, PA-C, Paul Paustian, M.D., and their employer, Georgia EM-I Medical Services, PC. (the “defendants”), asserting claims for ordinary negligence and *176gross negligence, alleging that the defendants failed to provide her with necessary medical treatment while she was in the emergency department of the Houston Medical Center.1 At trial, the defendants movedfor a directed verdict, claiming that OCGA § 51-1-29.5 applied to Wadsworth’s claims because her cause of action arose out of the provision of “emergency medical care” in a hospital…
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