Harding v. Godwin

Andrews, Judge.

We granted this application for an interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s order denying Dr. Susan Harding’s motion to dismiss Melanie Godwin’s complaint for medical malpractice. For the following reasons, we reverse.

This case arose after Melanie Godwin’s husband Nicholas died of a heart attack approximately half an hour after leaving the emergency room at Brooks County Hospital. Ed Braswell, a paramedic, examined Nicholas Godwin and, according to Melanie Godwin’s deposition testimony, told Nicholas that he could wait until tomorrow and see Dr. Harding.

Before they left the…