Legal Opinion

Tri-Cities Hospital Authority v. Sheats

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 23, 1981No. 36924Published

1Opinion of the Court

247 Ga. 713 (1981)

279 S.E.2d 210

TRI-CITIES HOSPITAL AUTHORITY et al.

v.

SHEATS.

36924.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 23, 1981.

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Sidney F. Wheeler, Michael T. Bennett, for appellants.

Davenport & Moore, W. Gary Moore, Maurice Davenport, for appellee.

JORDAN, Chief Justice.

Respondent Sheats sued petitioners for medical malpractice four years after his treatment. Contending that a two-year statute of limitation applied, petitioners moved for summary judgment. Sheats argued that he had been rendered mentally incompetent by his negligent care until approximately…

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Burnette Ford, Inc. v. HayesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
  2. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. EvansSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
  3. Chambers v. Citizens & Southern National BankSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
  4. Six Flags Over Georgia, Inc. v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
  5. Tri-Cities Hospital Authority v. SheatsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981

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