HAWKINS v. DeKALB MEDICAL CENTER, INC.

Nos. A11A1006, A11A1007.

721 S.E.2d 131 (2011)

313 Ga. App. 209

HAWKINS et al. v. DeKalb MEDICAL CENTER, INC. et al. DeKalb Medical Center, Inc. et al. v. Hawkins et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, William Q. Bird , Atlanta, James Darren Summerville , John Watson Crongeyer , M. Gino Brogdon , Columbus, William B. Drummond , Lee T. Wallace , for appellants.

Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, Timothy H. Bendin , Kristin LeBlanc Hiscutt , Huff, Powell & Bailey, Erica S. Jansen , Daniel James Huff , Atlanta, for appellees.

Glenn P. Hendrix , Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Jason E. Bring , Allen, McCain & O'Mahony, Hunter S. Allen, Jr. , Allen, Weathington & Reeves, Simuel F. Doster, Jr. , for amicus curiae.


PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

Tara Hawkins sustained head trauma and was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at DeKalb Medical Center. She was 18 years old, unconscious, intubated, and pregnant. During several months of hospitalization there, Tara Hawkins never regained consciousness and was maintained with life-sustaining treatment, including the support of mechanical ventilation. Eventually, physicians at the hospital advised her mother, Nonnie Hawkins, of their...

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