Legal Opinion
Gill v. Spivey
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided November 25, 2003No. A03A0849PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mikell, Judge.
Three-month-old Stephanie Gill was admitted to the Medical Center of Central Georgia (“MCCG”) on December 19, 1991, due to wheezing, vomiting, and an ear infection. She suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest the next day, requiring 45 minutes of resuscitation. The oxygen deprivation caused grievous neurological injuries. The child’s mother, Elaine Gill, individually and as Stephanie’s next friend, filed a negligence action in 1998 against her pediatrician, MCCG, and Patricia Spivey, the attending nurse on the date of the incident, alleging, inter alia, that Spivey failed to monitor…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Leventhal v. SeiterCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
- Watson v. Elberton-Elbert County Hospital AuthoritySupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Austin v. KaufmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Kamensky v. StaceyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Spencer v. DupreeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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