CENTRAL ANESTHESIA ASSOC. v. WORTHY

68546, 68547, 68548, 68549.

173 Ga. App. 150 (1984)

325 S.E.2d 819

CENTRAL ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES P. C. et al. v. WORTHY et al. CASTRO v. WORTHY et al. MOORHEAD v. WORTHY et al. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF BAPTIST CONVENTION OF GEORGIA v. WORTHY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearings Denied December 18, 1984 and December 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney F. Wheeler, Ben S. Williams, K. Marc Barre, Jr., for appellants (case no. 68546).

David A. Handley, Hugh M. Worsham, Jr., for appellant (case no. 68547).

George W. Hart, Lawrie E. Demorest, for appellant (case no. 68548).

Daryll Love, John A. Gilleland, for appellant (case no. 68549).

Gerald F. Handley, Gary Hill, for appellees.


BEASLEY, Judge.

This is a medical malpractice case, and at this stage, the issues swirl around that first element of negligence, the legal duties of the defendants towards Mr. and Mrs. Worthy.

In September 1981 Mrs. Worthy gave birth to a child at Georgia Baptist Medical Center (hospital). The following day she underwent tubal ligation surgery, a form of sterilization, which was conducted by Dr. Moorhead, an obstetrician...

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