Legal Opinion
Brandvain v. Ridgeview Institute, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 11, 1988No. 76331PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Deborah Brandvain appeals the trial court’s grant of the defendants’ j.n.o.v. in this medical malpractice case. The issues on appeal relate to legal duty, causation, and preliminarily, j.n.o.v. procedure. Mrs. Brandvain sued individually and in her capacity as administratrix of her husband’s estate for his wrongful death by suicide while a patient at Ridgeview.
Viewed in the light favorable to the verdict and judgment, as we are required to do, Pendley v. Pendley, 251 Ga. 30, 31 (1) (302 SE2d 554) (1983), the evidence showed the following. Ridgeview Institute is a hospital…
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