Copeland v. Houston County Hospital Authority

Smith, Judge.

In this medical malpractice case, plaintiff Louis Copeland appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendants, the Houston County Hospital Authority d/b/a Houston Medical Center Complex, and a nurse at the hospital.

Copeland alleged in his complaint that a nurse at the hospital improperly administered an injection, damaging his left sciatic nerve.1 The record shows that Copeland had undergone a total left hip replacement in 1978 and that his prosthesis had loosened, causing pain. He presented at the hospital emergency room numerous times in late October…