CRAWFORD W. LONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF EMORY UNIVERSITY v. YERBY

45682.

258 Ga. 720 (1988)

373 S.E.2d 749

CRAWFORD W. LONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF EMORY UNIVERSITY v. YERBY et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lokey & Bowden, Gerald F. Handley, Scott Graham, Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, J. M. Hudgins IV, Sidney F. Wheeler, for appellant.

Bennett, Williams & Henry, Michael T. Bennett, Chambers, Mabry, McClelland & Brooks, H. A. Stephens, Jr., Allen & Ballard, Hunter S. Allen, Jr., Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semlar & Stair, Wade K. Copeland, for appellees.


MARSHALL, Chief Justice.

During a five-year period preceding July 1986, Bennett, an attorney, defended Crawford Long Hospital in eighteen malpractice complaints, for which he was compensated by the hospital's insurer. Seventeen of these cases involved personal injuries alleged to be the result of negligent medical care, and at least six involved allegations of negligence regarding improper surgical procedures and postoperative care.

In 1984, while Bennett...

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