Hollowell v. Jove

Smith, Justice.

Pursuant to Rule 36 of this court, the U. S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, has certified questions arising in the above-styled case, on appeal from the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

The basic facts of this case, set forth in Hollowell v. Jove, 628 F2d 513 (5th Cir. 1980), are as follows: “On December 11, 1973, Hazel Bachelor Dickens, the Appellant’s decedent, a resident of DeKalb County, Georgia, was admitted to the Appellee DeKalb General Hospital, with a diagnosis of transcervical fracture of the hip. During her hospital stay, Ms. Dickens was…