Legal Opinion

Johnson v. Omondi

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 14, 2013No. S13G0553PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HlNES, Presiding Justice.

This Court granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Johnson v. Omondi, 318 Ga. App. 787 (736 SE2d 129) (2012), to determine whether the Court of Appeals properly applied the standards for a medical malpractice claim in a hospital emergency department as found in OCGA § 51-1-29.5 (c). Finding that the plurality opinion of the Court of Appeals erred, we reverse.

As set forth in the plurality opinion of the Court of Appeals, and as revealed in the record, Thelma Johnson took her 15-year-old son Shaquille to the emergency department at Phoebe Putney Memorial…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Woodcraft ex rel. MacDonald, Inc. v. Georgia Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  3. Mixon v. City of Warner RobinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
  4. Gliemmo v. CousineauSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  5. Ansley v. Raczka-LongSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Nguyen v. Southwestern Emergency Physicians, P.C.Supreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  2. Abdel-Samed v. DaileySupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  3. All American Quality Foods, Inc. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  4. Swint v. AlphonseCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2018
  5. Nisbet v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014

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