Legal Opinion
BANKS-JACKSON-COMMERCE HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME AUTHORITY v. Floyd
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 20, 2009No. A09A1368PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.
On June 10, 2008, Stephanie Floyd, Karen Hunter, Billy Ray Hawkes, and Debra Kraft filed a joint complaint against the Banks-Jackson-Commerce Hospital and Nursing Home Authority, d/b/a BJC Medical Center (the “Hospital”), Dr. Douglas K. Ash, and Commerce Surgical Associates, LLC. The plaintiffs alleged that Dr. Ash was negligent in his medical treatment of them and that he misrepresented their medical condition in order to obtain their consent to undergo surgery. The plaintiffs alleged that the Hospital negligently provided Dr. Ash with credentials to work at the…
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