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HOFFMAN v. WELLS

S90A0792, S90A0793.

260 Ga. 588 (1990)

397 S.E.2d 696

HOFFMAN v. WELLS. SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL v. WELLS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 4, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harmon, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney, H. Andrew Owen, Henry D. Green, Jr., Robert J. Higdon, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, Rosemary Smith, David M. Brown, Stephen M. Forte, Elizabeth S. Haley, for appellants.

William Q. Bird, Jacqueline Bennett, for appellee.

SMITH, Presiding Justice.

This is an appeal from an action arising out of a surgical procedure performed on the wrong hand of the appellee, Flossie M. Wells. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the appellee, against the appellants, Joseph I. Hoffman, M.D. and Southwest Community Hospital (SWCH). Judgment was entered jointly against the appellants for $25,000 in compensatory damages and $62,500 in punitive damages, and against SWCH only for $5,000 in attorney fees...

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