Legal Opinion
Slack v. Moorhead
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 12, 1979No. 58305PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Judge.
Medical malpractice. Mrs. Louise Slack and her husband brought separate suits against Dr. Moorhead and one of the agencies of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority. The trial court granted a directed verdict in behalf of the hospital as to each count in Mrs. Slack’s suit, one count asserting negligence and a second count asserting tortious battery. The court granted a directed verdict in favor of Dr. Moorhead as to the count of negligence. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Dr. Moorhead as to the count of tortious battery. Though the style of the case indicates that the…
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