Legal Opinion
Estate of Patterson v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 30, 1998No. A98A1759PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
The estate of Roddy Lee Patterson appeals the Fulton County Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant-appellee Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (“Hospital Authority”) in this medical malpractice action. We affirm.
The evidence shows that, on June 30, 1994, decedent Patterson presented himself to Grady Memorial Hospital, which is operated by the Hospital Authority. Patterson was 46 years old and complained of weakness on his left side; he reported that he had suffered a blow to his head two weeks earlier. Patterson’s health history indicated that he had been…
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