FOSTER v. SOUTHERN REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM

No. A12A1482.

734 S.E.2d 268 (2012)

FOSTER v. SOUTHERN REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

November 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Dale Jackson , Atlanta, for appellant.

Lori G. Cohen , Thomas Joseph Mazziotti , Jessica Carracedo Cabral , Atlanta, Paul E. Weathington , M. Paul Reynolds for appellee.


DOYLE, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises from the grant of summary judgment to Southern Regional Health Systems, Inc. ("Southern Regional"), in a medical malpractice suit filed by Deborah Foster. The trial court granted summary judgment to Southern Regional after it determined that the various emergency room physicians involved in Foster's treatment were not agents of the hospital under OCGA § 51-2-5.1(f). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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