HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF CITY OF ST. MARYS v. Eason
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Presiding Judge.
The petition stated a cause of action. The trial judge did not err in overruling the defendants general demurrer.
The amended petition alleges, inter alia, that plaintiff was admitted as a pay patient in defendant’s hospital and had a paralyzed condition and a speech impediment. That defendant’s ■agents left the plaintiff alone while the plaintiff was smoking his pipe in bed, which in the exercise of ordinary care should not have been done. That the defendant had knowledge that the plaintiff was paralyzed and could not take the pipe safely out of his mouth. The pipe fell…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited31 opinions
- McCarty v. National Life & Accident InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Emory University v. ShadburnCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Supreme Conclave Knights of Damon v. WoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Rabun v. WynnSupreme Court of Georgia · 1952
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Hill v. Hospital AuthorityCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Hospital Authority v. EasonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1966
- Gurly v. HinsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Deese v. Carroll City County HospitalCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
- Barreto v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
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