Abdul-Majeed v. Emory University Hospital

Pope, Presiding Judge.

In this wrongful death action based on medical malpractice, plaintiff Bahiyyah Abdul-Majeed appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment for defendants Emory University Hospital and Dr. Richard Riggins. Concluding that summary judgment was proper because plaintiff failed to come forward with evidence showing that defendants’ alleged negligence proximately caused the death of plaintiff’s decedent, we affirm.

Dr. Riggins operated on the decedent, who had suffered a shattered pelvis in a car accident, and supervised his post-operative care. A high percentage (20…