DeKalb County v. Wideman

Hunt, Justice.

We granted the petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Wideman v. DeKalb County, 200 Ga. App. 624 (409 SE2d 537) (1991), to determine whether the trial court properly excluded evidence relating to the miscarriage and death of Mrs. Wideman’s baby in her suit for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and false imprisonment. We hold the trial court correctly followed Ob-Gyn Assoc. v. Littleton, 259 Ga. 663 (386 SE2d 146) (1989), in excluding that evidence, and so reverse the Court of Appeals which held to the contrary.

The facts, many of which…