Legal Opinion
Jordan v. Everson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 16, 2017No. S17G1491PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
Following the death of Ben Everson, his parents sued Brian Jordan, the emergency room physician who attended to Ben two days before his death. Jordan’s motion for summary judgment was denied by the trial court, and he appealed to the Court of Appeals. In Everson v. Phoebe Sumter Med. Center, 341 Ga. App. 182, 192-193 (5) (b) (798 SE2d 667) (2017), the Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of summary judgment. In reaching its decision, the Court of Appeals held that an independent, intervening act breaks the chain of causation in a wrongful death case only to the extent that the independent,…
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