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KNIGHT v. WEST PACES FERRY HOSP., INC.

No. A03A0780.

585 S.E.2d 104 (2003)

262 Ga. App. 220

KNIGHT et al. v. WEST PACES FERRY HOSPITAL, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 9, 2003.

Certiorari Denied November 10, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs, Richard P. Decker, William W. Briggs, Atlanta, Stacey E. Hyken, for appellants.

Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Earl W. Gunn, Atlanta, Ashley P. Nichols, for appellee.

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

After undergoing cervical disc surgery at West Paces Ferry Hospital, Laura Knight contracted a staph infection, and eventually contracted a permanent, debilitating illness known as pyoderma gangrenosum. Knight and her husband filed a medical malpractice action against West Paces Ferry Hospital, Inc., alleging the hospital nursing staff's negligence caused her to contract the staph infection, and that the staph infection triggered the pyoderma...

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