Cleaveland v. Gannon

Ellington, Judge.

William and Jane Gannon filed this medical malpractice action against Lynwood Cleaveland, M.D., John Entrekin, M.D., Deborah G. Goodrich, D.O., and Internal Medicine Associates of Rockdale, P.C., claiming that the appellants negligently failed to diagnose and treat Mr. Gannon’s kidney cancer, which later metastasized. Mr. Gannon died while the suit was pending, and Ms. Gannon amended the complaint to include a wrongful death claim. The appellants moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the personal injury claims the Gannons asserted in the original complaint were…