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FORD v. SAINT FRANCIS HOSP., INC.

Nos. A97A0753, A97A0754.

490 S.E.2d 415 (1997)

227 Ga. App. 823

FORD et al. v. SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL, INC. SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL, INC. v. FORD et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 31, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, Charles N. Pope, Paul Kilpatrick, Jr., Columbus, William U. Norwood III, Thomasville, Teresa P. Majors, Decatur, Samuel W. Oates, Jr., Columbus, for appellants.

Allen & Peters, Paul E. Weathington, Gary R. McCain, Michael D. Flint, Atlanta, Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, James E. Humes II, Robert C. Martin, Jr., Columbus, for appellee.

BEASLEY, Judge.

Ford entered Saint Francis Hospital for heart surgery, including a double bypass graft and an aortic valve replacement. During surgery he contracted a nosocomial (i.e. acquired in the hospital) staphylococcus infection of the aortic valve which required a second operation to replace the valve and to insert a pacemaker, which resulted in numerous other negative consequences. Ford and his wife sued the hospital...

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