GEORGE H. LANIER MEM. HOSP. v. Andrews

This is a negligence/wantonness case. The defendants George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital, Jason Ivey, and Shannon Chambers Brooks a/k/a Shannon Strength appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiffs, Steven Andrews and Cynthia Shealey. We reverse and remand.

I. Facts and Procedural History

On the morning of December 21, 1996, Cynthia Shealey took her 11-year-old son, Steven Shealey, to the emergency room at George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital. The child was suffering from a severe asthma attack; he died at the hospital. Shortly after his death, Jeani West, a nurse at…