HOSPITAL AUTH v. LITTERILLA

A90A1553, A90A1814.

199 Ga. App. 345 (1991)

404 S.E.2d 796

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF FULTON COUNTY et al. v. LITTERILLA. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF FULTON COUNTY et al. v. HYDE et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, James D. Meadows, Randall L. Hughes, Adrienne E. Marting, Love & Willingham, Daryll Love, Hezekiah Sistrunk, for appellants (case no. A90A1553).

Davis, Gregory & Christy, Hardy Gregory, Jr., William Q. Bird, for appellee.

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, James D. Meadows, Randall L. Hughes, Adrienne E. Marting, Sullivan, Hall, Booth & Smith, Rush S. Smith, Jr., for appellants (case no. A90A1814).

England, Weaver & Kytle, J. Melvin England, James W. Kytle, for appellees.


SOGNIER, Chief Judge.

This consolidated appeal raises the question whether the Hospital Authority of Fulton County d/b/a Northside Hospital (the "Authority") is entitled to the defense of governmental immunity in medical malpractice actions, and if so, whether that immunity is waived to the extent of a liability trust fund. In case No. A90A1553, Angela Litterilla, by next friend Mary Litterilla, brought suit against the Authority and others in Fulton County State...

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