1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Ga.
  4. 96 Ga.
  5. 96 Ga. App. 222 (1957)
 

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY &c. v. SHUBERT

36788.

96 Ga. App. 222 (1957)

99 S.E.2d 708

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF HALL COUNTY et al. v. SHUBERT, Administrator.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 11, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Whelchel, for plaintiffs in error.

Telford, Wayne & Smith, Tifton S. Greer, contra.

QUILLIAN, J.

1. Counsel for the defendant insists that the Hospital Authority of Hall County is a corporation authorized and organized under the Hospital Authority Act provided in Code (Ann.) Ch. 99-15, and is exercising a public governmental function, thereby being immune to suit for a personal injury negligently inflicted upon one of its patients.

Code (Ann.) § 99-1505 provides: "Every authority shall be deemed to exercise public and essential governmental...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases