Blackmon v. Tenet Healthsystem Spalding, Inc.

SEARS, Chief Justice.

Joyce Blackmon filed a complaint in Fulton County State Court for medical malpractice and wrongful death against Tenet Health-system Spalding, Inc. and others (collectively, “Tenet”). Blackmon had been named the legal guardian of her grandchild, Cecily Brooke Futral, because her son-in-law was incarcerated. Blackmon filed suit in her representative capacity as the legal guardian of the child, and the state court denied Tenet’s motion for partial summary judgment. The question before us is whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the state court’s denial of partial…