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GA. OSTEOPATHIC HOSP. v. O'NEAL

A90A1905.

198 Ga. App. 770 (1991)

403 S.E.2d 235

GEORGIA OSTEOPATHIC HOSPITAL, INC. v. O'NEAL et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided February 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, James B. Hiers, Jr., for appellant.

Howard, Secret & Howard, James W. Howard, for appellees.

BANKE, Presiding Judge.

The appellees sued the appellant, Georgia Osteopathic Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Doctors Hospital, seeking damages for the death of their father, George O'Neal, who was killed by police after he "went berserk" and began attacking people with a knife while a patient at the hospital. The appellees also sought to recover actual and punitive damages for the pain and suffering allegedly experienced by O'Neal before he died. A jury returned a verdict in...

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