DEAL v. HANDSON

A93A1607, A93A1608.

210 Ga. App. 499 (1993)

436 S.E.2d 519

DEAL v. HANDSON et al. HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF GEORGIA, INC. v. HANDSON et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gleaton, Scofield, Egan & Jones, Frederick N. Gleaton, for Deal.

Alston & Bird, Judson Graves, Richard R. Hays, Daniel A. Kent, for HCA Health Services of Georgia.

Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson & Patterson, Thomas G. Sampson, Jeffrey E. Tompkins, Kimberly M. Carlisle, Divida Gude, for Handson.


ANDREWS, Judge.

Victor and Charlena Handson sued Northlake Regional Medical Center (formerly Doctors Hospital) operated by appellant HCA Health Services and Eric Deal, D. O., the osteopathic physician serving as the emergency room doctor there, for medical malpractice. They alleged that Dr. Deal failed to properly diagnose and treat bacterial meningitis in their infant daughter, Sophia, on March 1, 1989, resulting in her death on March 2, 1989. The hospital was alleged...

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