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PRUETTE v. PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSP.

Nos. A08A1669, A08A1670.

671 S.E.2d 844 (2008)

PRUETTE v. PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. Ungarino v. Pruette.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

December 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown & Shamp, Laura M. Shamp, Atlanta, for Pruette.

Langley & Lee, Carl R. Langley, Joseph P. Durham, Jr., Atlanta, for Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital.

Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Carol P. Michael, Rachel A. Fuerst, Atlanta, for Ungarino.

BERNES, Judge.

This is a wrongful death action alleging medical negligence brought by the plaintiff for the death of her mother, who allegedly died as the result of receiving an overdose of morphine ordered by Dr. Thomas Ungarino and administered by a nurse employed by Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital. Dr. Ungarino and Phoebe Putney moved for summary judgment on the ground that the uncontroverted evidence showed the morphine did not proximately cause the mother's death...

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