CENTRAL ANESTHESIA ASSOC. v. WORTHY

41912, 41913, 41914, 41915.

254 Ga. 728 (1985)

333 S.E.2d 829

CENTRAL ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES, P.C. et al. v. WORTHY et al. CASTRO v. WORTHY et al. MOOREHEAD v. WORTHY et al. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA d/b/a GEORGIA BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER v. WORTHY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, David A. Handley, Hugh M. Worsham, Jr., for Castro.

Hart & Sullivan, George W. Hart, Lawrie E. Demorest, for Moorehead.

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Daryll Love, John A. Gilleland, for Executive Committee of Baptist Convention of Georgia.

Lokey & Bowden, Gerald F. Handley, Gary Hill, Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd & Cadenhead, J. Robert Persons, for Worthy.


HILL, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari in this medical malpractice case to determine whether the trial court erred in finding the defendants negligent per se based on OCGA § 43-26-9 (b). The Court of Appeals affirmed. Central Anesthesia Assoc. v. Worthy, 173 Ga.App. 150 (325 S.E.2d 819) (1984).

Mrs. Brenda Worthy gave birth to a baby boy without anesthesia at Georgia...

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