Crawford W. Long Memorial Hospital of Emory University v. Yerby

258 Ga. 720 (1988)

373 S.E.2d 749

CRAWFORD W. LONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF EMORY UNIVERSITY

v.

YERBY et al.

45682.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 30, 1988.

Lokey & Bowden, Gerald F. Handley, Scott Graham, Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, J. M. Hudgins IV, Sidney F. Wheeler, for appellant.

Bennett, Williams & Henry, Michael T. Bennett, Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, H. A. Stephens, Jr., Allen & Ballard, Hunter S. Allen, Jr., Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semlar & Stair, Wade K. Copeland, for appellees.

MARSHALL, Chief Justice.

During a five-year period preceding July 1986, Bennett, an…