CARTER v. LANDY

64288.

163 Ga. App. 509 (1982)

295 S.E.2d 177

CARTER v. LANDY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry G. Yarbrough, James C. Strayhorn, for appellant.

J. M. Hudgens IV, for appellee.


McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from an order granting a partial summary judgment to the defendant physician on the issue of false imprisonment in an action arising out of allegations of battery and false imprisonment. As to the false imprisonment issue plaintiff contends her detention in a mental institution was illegal and unauthorized due to the willful and intentional acts of the defendant (a medical doctor who had her institutionalized...

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