Bushey v. Atlanta Emergency Group

179 Ga. App. 827 (1986)

348 S.E.2d 98

BUSHEY et al.

v.

ATLANTA EMERGENCY GROUP et al.

71746.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 8, 1986.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1986.

Alford Wall, Douglas T. Noonan, for appellants.

W. H. Duckworth, Jr., Penelope B. Rundle, Frederick N. Gleaton, Michael Frick, Laurie E. Demorest, for appellees.

BEASLEY, Judge.

On January 25, 1983, Dr. Davis performed a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy on five-year-old Donald Bushey at Clayton General Hospital. On the seventh post-operative day, the child suffered a post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage and was rushed by his parents to the…