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JEFFERSON v. GRIFFIN &c. HOSPITAL AUTH.

37244.

247 Ga. 86 (1981)

274 S.E.2d 457

JEFFERSON v. GRIFFIN SPALDING COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY et al. IN THE INTEREST OF JOHN OR MARY DOE, A THIRTY-NINE WEEK OLD UNBORN CHILD.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh Glidewell, Jr., for appellants.

Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Carol A. Cosgrove, Assistant Attorney General, Eugene W. Dabbs, IV, Special Assistant Attorney General, Richard Milam, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

On Thursday, January 22, 1981, the Griffin Spalding County Hospital Authority petitioned the Superior Court of Butts County, as a court of equity, for an order authorizing it to perform a caesarean section and any necessary blood transfusions upon the defendant, an out-patient resident of Butts County, in the event she presented herself to the hospital for delivery of her unborn child, which was due on or about Monday, January 26. The superior court conducted...

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