RICHMOND COUNTY &c. AUTHORITY v. HAYNES

44637.

121 Ga. App. 537 (1970)

174 S.E.2d 364

RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY v. HAYNES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 4, 1970.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fulcher, Fulcher, Hagler, Harper & Reed, Gould B. Hagler, for appellant.

Lanier, Powell, Cooper & Cooper, L. Valdi Cooper, L. E. Maioriello, for appellee.


HALL, Judge.

1. The defendant enumerates as error the charge of the court on the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur contending that it did not apply in this case. Proper objection was made by the defendant after the charge and before verdict. Both the plaintiff and the defendant argue at length over whether this is a malpractice suit. In our opinion this is fallacious argument over terminology. In the strict technical sense perhaps a corporation cannot be considered "a...

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