Lane v. Tift County Hospital Authority

492 S.E.2d 317 (1997)

228 Ga. App. 554

LANE

v.

TIFT COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

No. A97A1743.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

September 17, 1997.

O. Wayne Ellerbee, Laurie L. Paterson, Valdosta, Howard E. McClain, Adel, for appellant.

Reinhardt, Whitley & Wilmot, Robert C. Wilmot, Tifton, for appellee.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

On July 22, 1992, William Frank Lane, now deceased, told his wife that he had fallen at home and showed confusion. Late in that evening Lane was admitted to Tift General Hospital for diagnostic purposes. Upon admission, Lane had mild pain and was x-rayed in the early morning of July 23, 1992;…