UNITED HEALTH SERVICES OF GEORGIA v. NORTON

S16G1143.

797 S.E.2d 825 (2017)

UNITED HEALTH SERVICES OF GEORGIA, INC. et al. v. NORTON et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason Edward Bring , William Jerad Rissler , Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, 171 17th Street, N.W., Suite 2100, Atlanta, Georgia 30363-1031, for Appellant.

James Burke McHugh , Michael J. Fuller, Jr. , Douglas Bryant Chaffin , A. Lance Reins , McHugh Fuller Law Group, PLLC, 97 Elias Whiddon Road, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39402, for Appellee.

Hunter S. Allen, Jr. , Simuel F. Doster, Jr. , Layne Zhou , Allen, McCain & O'Mahony, P.C., Two Midtown Plaza, Suite 1700, 1349 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Earl W. Gunn , Brannon Jones Arnold , Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, 3344 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 2400, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, for Amiens Appellant.

Iris Y. Gonzalez , AARP Foundation Litigation, 601 E Street NW, Washington, Washington, DC 20049, Stephen Roberts Chance , Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC, Tower Place 200, Suite 1050, 3348 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Jonathan Marigliano , Prieto Marigliano Holbert & Prieto LLC, Two Ravinia Drive, Suite 1330, Atlanta, Georgia 30346, for Amiens Appellee.


Bernard Norton, by and through Kim Norton, brought a wrongful death action against a number of defendants1 who were affiliated with a nursing home in which his wife, Lola Norton, died. Bernard claimed that negligent treatment caused Lola's death. The defendants filed a motion to dismiss the...

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