Aetna Casualty & Surety Company v. Pulliam

Felton, Chief Judge.

The immediate cause of death was listed in the death certificate as “coronary thrombosis presumably?”. This certificate was signed by a physician who was not an “attending physician”. Therefore, the certificate was not completed in accordance with either Code (Ann.) § 88-1116 (2), pertaining to certificates where there was an attending physician or Code (Ann.) § 88-1116 (3), which pertains to certificates where there is no attending physician; and since the certificate was not executed as prescribed by Code (Ann.) § 88-1116, the certificate is not prima facie evidence of…