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SORRELLS v. EGLESTON CHILDREN'S HOSP.

No. A96A0734.

474 S.E.2d 60 (1996)

222 Ga. App. 229

SORRELLS v. EGLESTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT EMORY UNIVERSITY, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 11, 1996.

Certiorari Denied October 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peterson, Dillard, Young, Asselin & Powell, Thomas H. Asselin, James M. Lachance, Atlanta, for appellant.

Sullivan, Hall, Booth & Smith, Alexander H. Booth, Allen & Peters, Paul E. Weathington, Love & Willingham, Daryll Love, Traci G. Courville, Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, J.M. Hudgins IV, Atlanta, for appellee.

POPE, Presiding Judge.

In Richmond County Hosp. Auth. v. Brown, 257 Ga. 507, 361 S.E.2d 164 (1987), the Supreme Court held that the doctrine of apparent agency applies in medical malpractice cases: a hospital may be liable for a doctor's negligence, even though the doctor is an independent contractor, if the hospital represents or holds out the doctor as its agent and the plaintiff relies on...

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