Legal Opinion
Cannon v. Jeffries
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 3, 2001No. A01A0546PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Presiding Judge.
This medical malpractice case arose from the death of a very premature (25 weeks gestation) infant at Crawford Long Hospital. The mother, Cynthia Cannon, brought this action in her own right and as next friend of Demetrio Robbins, the deceased infant. The complaint named as defendants Dr. M. Dwaud Jeffries, the mother’s obstetrician, Sondra Abdullah-Zaimah, the nurse-midwife, and Southside OB-GYN Associates, P.C., the doctor’s corporation. Defendants moved for summary judgment on the issues of causation and standard of care. The trial court granted summary judgment in a…
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