JENNINGS v. PSYCHIATRIC HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

No. A03A0020.

573 S.E.2d 115 (2002)

258 Ga. App. 111

JENNINGS et al. v. PSYCHIATRIC HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson & Smith, Ellis M. Nelson, Macon, for appellant.

Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Joseph H. Chambless, Macon, David N. Nelson, Metter, for appellee.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

On October 28, 1998, Norris Daniel Jennings, Jr., deceased, committed suicide after being discharged on October 21, 1998, from the Houston Medical Center where he had been admitted for a drug overdose incident to suicide ideation. Dr. Paul R. Coplin, psychiatrist, was sued for malpractice regarding the care of the deceased during his hospitalization and the discharge of the deceased from the hospital. Psychiatric Health Services, Inc. was sued as...

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