Goodman v. Piedmont Hospital, Inc.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Goodman v. Piedmont Hospital, Inc.

233 S.E.2d 802, 141 Ga. App. 525, 1977 Ga. App. LEXIS 1975

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedFebruary 1, 1977

Docket53270

StatusPublished

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Goodman v. Piedmont Hospital, Inc., 233 S.E.2d 802, 141 Ga. App. 525, 1977 Ga. App. LEXIS 1975 (Ga. Ct. App. 1977).

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Smith, Judge.

The evidence in the present case was sufficient to make a jury issue as to whether the doctor, who treated and advised the complainant in the emergency room of the hospital to her alleged injury, was an employee or agent of the hospital (Executive Committee of the Baptist [526]*526Convention v. Ferguson, 95 Ga. App. 393 (4) (98 SE2d 50); s.c. 213 Ga. 441, 444 (99 SE2d 150)), and the trial court erred in excluding conversations between the complainant and the doctor, and between complainant’s son and the doctor relating to complainant’s condition.

Argued January 18, 1977 Decided February 1, 1977 Rehearing denied March 9, 1977 E. Graydon Shuford, for appellant. Hunter S. Allen, Jr., Thomas Marvin Smith, Jr., Robert G. Tanner, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Bell, C. J., and McMurray, J., concur.

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Smith, Judge.

The evidence in the present case was sufficient to make a jury issue as to whether the doctor, who treated and advised the complainant in the emergency room of the hospital to her alleged injury, was an employee or agent of the hospital (Executive Committee of the Baptist [526]*526Convention v. Ferguson, 95 Ga. App. 393 (4) (98 SE2d 50); s.c. 213 Ga. 441, 444 (99 SE2d 150)), and the trial court erred in excluding conversations between the complainant and the doctor, and between complainant’s son and the doctor relating to complainant’s condition.

Argued January 18, 1977 Decided February 1, 1977 Rehearing denied March 9, 1977 E. Graydon Shuford, for appellant. Hunter S. Allen, Jr., Thomas Marvin Smith, Jr., Robert G. Tanner, for appellee.

Judgment reversed.

Bell, C. J., and McMurray, J., concur.

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