Campbell v. Hospital Authority

Banke, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for the defendants in a medical malpractice action. The plaintiff brought her *40310-month-old daughter to the emergency room at Cobb General Hospital at 12:55 p.m. on January 30, 1981, with complaints that she was suffering from a fever and a rash. The child was examined by defendant Grantier, who was on duty as the attending emergency room physician at the time, and was released at 2:25 p.m. with a diagnosis of “probable chicken pox.” At trial, Dr. Grantier conceded that he “suspected that it was a possibility” that the…