Legal Opinion
Cantrell v. Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 2, 1998No. A98A0793PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, Chief Judge.
Lee Cantrell, widower of Ava Melissa Cantrell, appeals from the judgment entered on the jury’s verdict in favor of Dr. John Lewellen, Dr. Michael Connor, Dr. Thomas Sholes, and Gainesville OB/GYN Specialists, P.C., and the court’s directed verdict in favor of Northeast Georgia Medical Center in this wrongful death and medical malpractice action premised on Mrs. Cantrell’s death as a result of complications after suffering a ruptured appendix.
Viewed with all inferences in favor of the verdict, the evidence was that on Wednesday, February 23, 1994, Mrs. Cantrell,…
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