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FULTON-DeKALB HOSP. AUTHORITY v. DAWSON

Nos. S97G1953, S97G1956.

509 S.E.2d 28 (1998)

270 Ga. 376

FULTON-DeKALB HOSPITAL AUTHORITY v. DAWSON et al. Georgia Medical Care Foundation v. Dawson et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston & Bird, Robert McCallum, Jr., James C. Grant, Candace N. Smith, Atlanta, for appellant (case no. S97G1953).

Carter & Ansley, Ben Kingree III, Mary K. Pickard, John L. McKinley, Atlanta, for appellant (case no. S97G1956).

A. LeRoy Toliver, James A. Shea, Jr., Joseph H. King, Jr., Atlanta, for appellees.

THOMPSON, Justice.

These cases are before the Court from the grant of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Dawson v. Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Auth., 227 Ga.App. 715, 490 S.E.2d 142 (1997).

Ten-year-old Antonio Dawson died in his sleep on May 15, 1992, from cardiac arrest induced by obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes temporary cessation of breathing during sleep.<...

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