Bagley v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority

Beasley, Chief Judge.

On July 14, 1984, Tammy Bagley entered Grady Memorial Hospital, operated by the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (“Grady”), and gave birth to a son. Her son died November 2, 1986. Bagley sued Grady, along with physicians Miller and Bunch, and nurse Mongiello, contending that malpractice on the part of the medical professionals caused her son’s death, and that Grady was liable under the theory of respondeat superior. Grady and the individual defendants filed a motion for summary judgment based upon the doctrine of charitable immunity. On March 31, 1994, the court granted…