SMITH v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

62922.

161 Ga. App. 657 (1982)

288 S.E.2d 715

SMITH et al. v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF TERRELL COUNTY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Malone, for appellants.

G. Stuart Watson, James M. Collier, for appellee.

Don C. Keenan, Charles R. Ashman, Ed. G. Barham, Edward T. M. Garland, amicus curiae.


SOGNIER, Judge.

Mrs. Peggy Smith was admitted to the emergency room of Terrell County Hospital in Dawson, Georgia complaining of vaginal bleeding and headache. Mrs. Smith was seven months pregnant and had been experiencing some spotting for a few days prior to her admission to the hospital. When Donald Smith, her husband, brought her to the emergency room, Mrs. Smith was not bleeding heavily but within an hour of her arrival, she began having contractions and bleeding...

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