SPARKS v. SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

A90A0451.

195 Ga. App. 858 (1990)

395 S.E.2d 68

SPARKS v. SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellerin & Associates, Irwin M. Ellerin, Denise A. Hinds, for appellant.

Smith, Gambrell & Russell, David M. Brown, Rosemary Smith, for appellee.


CARLEY, Chief Judge.

When he broke his leg, appellant-plaintiff became a patient at appellee-defendant hospital. Appellant's leg was re-injured while he was being transported in a wheelchair by appellee's supervisor of patient transportation. As the result of this re-injury, appellant filed this suit, alleging that "[t]he wheelchair being used was an improper type and not designed for the transfer and portage of patients in [his] condition ..." and that appellee ...

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