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PURCELL v. BREESE

No. A01A0056.

552 S.E.2d 865 (2001)

250 Ga. App. 472

PURCELL et al. v. BREESE et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Mary Katherine Greene, Alwyn R. Fredericks, Atlanta, for appellants.

Orlando & Kopelman, Richard Kopelman, Decatur, Browning & Tanksley, Henry D. Green, Jr., Marietta, for appellees.

PHIPPS, Judge.

As a result of their son Jonathan's suicide, Janet and John Breese filed a wrongful death action against Kennestone Hospital, Dr. John Purcell and social worker Honey Caplan. They asserted claims for general and professional negligence. Purcell moved for summary judgment, claiming that his alleged negligence was not the proximate cause of Jonathan's death, that he owed no duty to Jonathan at the time of his death because their doctor-patient relationship...

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