DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF AUGUSTA, INC. v. POOLE

54534.

144 Ga. App. 184 (1977)

241 S.E.2d 2

DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF AUGUSTA, INC. v. POOLE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 11, 1977.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Roger W. Dunaway, Jr., Lanier, Powell, Cooper & Cooper, Jack L. Cooper, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee brought suit for injuries sustained in a fall while he was a patient in the defendant-appellant hospital. Upon trial of the case, the jury found in favor of plaintiff-appellee. This appeal follows.

1. The controlling issue on this appeal is whether under the evidence a jury could determine that the hospital, through its agents and servants, breached a duty to prevent injury to plaintiff-appellee.

A. "A private hospital...

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