SIMMONS v. SONYIKA

No. 04-14180 Non-Argument Calendar.

394 F.3d 1335 (2004)

Sharon SIMMONS, administrator of the estate of Trina Elliott, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Haiba SONYIKA, M.D., Myrtle Kai, R.N., CFNP, Southside Healthcare, Inc., United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley J. Heller, Cirignani, Heller, Harman & Lynch, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James Mackiell Hunter, Jason P. Wright, Holland & Knight, LLP, Amy Levin Weil, Robert David Powell, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BIRCH, BARKETT and FAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA, PURSUANT TO O.C.G.A. § 15-2-9. TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA AND ITS HONORABLE JUSTICES:

In this case we are asked to determine whether Georgia's five year statute of repose for medical malpractice actions, O.C.G.A. § 9-3-71(b), is extended by Georgia's unrepresented estate statute, O.C.G.A. § 9-3-92. Plaintiff Sharon...

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