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DENT v. MEMORIAL HOSP. OF ADEL

No. S97G1960.

509 S.E.2d 908 (1998)

270 Ga. 316

DENT et al. v. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF ADEL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Gray, II, L. Bruce Hedrick, Gray & Hedrick, LLP, Atlanta, for Joe Edward Dent et al.

John E. Hall Jr., Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, P.C., Atlanta, for Memorial Hospital of Adel.

CARLEY, Justice.

Mark Alan Dent, the 15-month-old son of Joe Edward Dent and Lee Anne Dent, stopped breathing at home, was successfully resuscitated, and was brought to Memorial Hospital of Adel. A physician admitted the child to the Hospital and ordered that he be placed on a pediatric apnea monitor. However, the child stopped breathing again and no one discovered the problem for several minutes. He died four days later. The Dents brought this wrongful death suit...

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