CALHOUN v. MAYNARD

A90A0241.

196 Ga. App. 219 (1990)

395 S.E.2d 645

CALHOUN v. MAYNARD et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Beck, Owen & Murray, Richard L. Collier, for appellees.


BEASLEY, Judge.

Plaintiff Calhoun appeals the denial of her motion for new trial in this wrongful death case, bottomed on three errors in the jury charge and contending that she had ineffective assistance of counsel.

Viewed in favor of the verdict, the evidence was that Calhoun's daughter Nancy, whose chronological age was 18 and whose mental age was less than 2, resided in a group home due to her severe retardation and epilepsy. She was given Dilantin to...

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