Legal Opinion
Smith v. Vencare, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 23, 1999No. A99A0414Published
1Opinion of the Court
519 S.E.2d 735 (1999)
238 Ga. App. 621
SMITH
v.
VENCARE, INC.
No. A99A0414.
Court of Appeals of Georgia.
June 23, 1999.
Melanie A. Brubaker, Atlanta, Joan R. Turbyfield, Lithonia, for appellant.
Alston & Bird, Judson Graves, Atlanta, for appellee.
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
Portia Gardner Smith, wife of plaintiff-appellant Delarett Smith, suffered from a progressive neurological disease and had to have a tracheotomy that left her unable to speak, because she was on a ventilator. Communications were made by eye movement; however, on April 20, 1995, Glenda Ward, a respiratory therapist, placed a Passey-Muir valve…
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2Cases cited61 opinions
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Lau's Corp., Inc. v. HaskinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Prophecy Corp. v. Charles Rossignol, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Chandler v. GatelyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- Williams v. Trust Co. of Ga.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
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