HOOKER v. HEADLEY

A89A1192.

192 Ga. App. 629 (1989)

385 S.E.2d 732

HOOKER et al. v. HEADLEY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Thornton, for appellants.

Jones, Cork & Miller, Carr G. Dodson, Bradley J. Survant, Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Suzanne M. Trexler, for appellee.


BANKE, Presiding Judge.

The appellants sued to recover for the loss of their mother due to alleged medical malpractice on the part of Dr. William Headley and the Baldwin County Hospital Authority. The case is before us on appeal from the grant of Dr. Headley's motion for summary judgment.

The decedent died following the performance of an elective surgical procedure known as a gastroplasty, the purpose of which was to relieve her obesity. It is apparent without...

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