Pogue v. Hospital Authority of DeKalb County

Bell, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this suit for the wrongful death of Mrs. Bessie Pogue. The complaint alleged that Mrs. Pogue was a patient in DeKalb General Hospital, which was operated by the defendant Hospital Authority, that defendant James Cooper, a medical doctor acting as a servant of the authority, failed to use reasonable care and skill in treating Mrs. Pogue, and that she died as a result of his negligence. Plaintiffs took this appeal from the grant of summary judgment for the hospital authority. The motion for summary judgment was supported by the affidavit of the hospital…