Legal Opinion
Jennings v. PSYCHIATRIC HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 21, 2002No. A03A0020PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
On October 28,1998, Norris Daniel Jennings, Jr., deceased, committed suicide after being discharged on October 21, 1998, from the Houston Medical Center where he had been admitted for a drug overdose incident to suicide ideation. Dr. Paul R. Coplin, psychiatrist, was sued for malpractice regarding the care of the deceased during his hospitalization and the discharge of the deceased from the hospital. Psychiatric Health Services, Inc. was sued as the respondeat superior of Dr. Coplin. On July 3, 2002, the trial court granted summary judgment to Psychiatric Health Services,…
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