ETHERIDGE v. CHARTER PEACHFORD HOSP. INC.

A93A1096.

210 Ga. App. 482 (1993)

436 S.E.2d 669

ETHERIDGE v. CHARTER PEACHFORD HOSPITAL, INC. et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullins & Whalen, Samuel H. Sullivan, Newton M. Galloway, for appellant.

Freeman & Hawkins, Michael J. Goldman, Lisa A. Curia, King & Spalding, William E. Hoffmann, Jr., Anita E. Harton, for appellees.


BIRDSONG, Presiding Judge.

Linda Etheridge appeals the grant of summary judgment to defendants Charter Peachford Hospital, Inc., its chief medical officer, Dr. Steven R. Lee, and Dr. Fiameta Vargas in Etheridge's suit for false imprisonment and malicious arrest of her 12-year-old daughter.

Appellant claims that after she had her daughter voluntarily admitted to Charter Peachford for psychiatric evaluation, appellees improperly held the child longer than three...

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