Meinken v. Piedmont Hospital, Inc.

Blackburn, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s grant of a motion for summary judgment filed by appellee Piedmont Hospital, Inc. in this negligence action.

On January 30, 1991, at approximately 2:00 a.m., the appellant, Gary S. Meinken, drove his wife to Piedmont Hospital, Inc. in anticipation of the arrival of their baby. After Meinken parked in the parking area adjacent to the hospital’s emergency room, he entered the emergency facility and informed hospital personnel that his wife was in labor in the backseat of the family’s vehicle which was parked outside. A hospital attendant…