Wesley Chapel Foot & Ankle Center, LLC v. Johnson

650 S.E.2d 387 (2007)

WESLEY CHAPEL FOOT AND ANKLE CENTER, LLC et al.

v.

JOHNSON et al.

No. A07A0035.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 16, 2007.

Reconsideration denied July 31, 2007.

Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, James E. Looper, Jr., Elizabeth N. Neff, Jason D. Hergenroether, W. Scott Henwood, Atlanta, for Appellant.

James W. Howard, Tucker, for Appellee.

ELLINGTON, Judge.

After Willie Johnson died, his widow, Catherine Johnson, filed an amendment to their pending medical malpractice action to add a claim for wrongful death. The defendants below, Dr. Eileen Byrd, Dr. Frazier Todd, and Wesley Chapel…