Legal Opinion
Howard Ex Rel. Mullaly v. Liberty Memorial Hospital
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided December 10, 1990No. CV 490-214PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, Chief Judge.
This is a medical malpractice action arising out of injuries that the infant Joshua Mullaly sustained during childbirth. One of the defendants, Liberty Memorial Hospital (“Liberty Memorial”), has moved for partial summary judgment, claiming state sovereign immunity. Georgia accords state sovereign immunity not only to state agencies and departments, but also to any “public body corporate and politic.” Because the hospital authority that owns Liberty Memorial falls into this category, both the hospital authority and Liberty Memorial are entitled to state sovereign…
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