DOWLING v. LOPEZ

A93A1695.

211 Ga. App. 578 (1993)

440 S.E.2d 205

DOWLING v. LOPEZ.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sutton & Associates, Berrien L. Sutton, Hallman & Associates, Ronald W. Hallman, for appellant.

Tillman, McTier, Coleman, Talley, Newbern & Kurrie, Wade H. Coleman, Edward F. Preston, for appellee.


McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

On April 24, 1988, Carla Kiser ("the decedent") died of metastatic carcinoma and was survived by her two-year-old child, Brandis Swails. On February 6, 1989, Viola Dowling (plaintiff) was appointed executrix of the decedent's estate and on January 4, 1991, she filed a medical malpractice action on behalf of the estate and as next friend of Brandis Swails, alleging the decedent endured unnecessary pain and suffering and died prematurely as...

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