Legal Opinion
Vaughan v. Wellstar Health System, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 25, 2010No. A10A0066PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikell, Judge.
Seventy-one-year-old William M. Vaughan was admitted to Ken-nestone Hospital in 2002 for weakness and ataxia 1 and died several weeks later after hitting his head on the bathroom door of his hospital room. His surviving spouse and the administrator of his estate, Nancy R. Vaughan (“Vaughan”), filed this medical malpractice action against WellStar Health System, Inc. d/b/a WellStar Kennestone Hospital (“WellStar”). The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of WellStar, and Vaughan appeals, contending that the trial court erred in excluding Vaughan’s expert’s affidavit; in…
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