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HILLHAVEN REHABILITATION & CONVALESCENT CENTER v. PATTERSON

A89A2257.

195 Ga. App. 70 (1990)

392 S.E.2d 557

HILLHAVEN REHABILITATION & CONVALESCENT CENTER v. PATTERSON.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldner, Sommers & Scrudder, Susan V. Sommers, Linda E. Jacobsen, for appellant.

Custer, Hill & Clark, Lawrence B. Custer, for appellee.

BEASLEY, Judge.

William Patterson, as executor of the estate of the deceased John Patterson, brought an action for medical malpractice against Hillhaven, a nursing home. While a patient at Hillhaven, John Patterson fell out of bed, broke his hip and subsequently died from complications arising out of the injury. The complaint alleged that Hillhaven failed to exercise reasonable care by failing: 1) to have adequate nurses...

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