233 S.E.2d 802

GOODMAN v. PIEDMONT HOSPITAL, INC.

53270.Court of Appeals of Georgia.ARGUED JANUARY 18, 1977.
DECIDED FEBRUARY 1, 1977. REHEARING DENIED MARCH 9, 1977.

SMITH, Judge.

The evidence in the present case was sufficient to make a jury issue as to whether the doctor, who treated and advised the complainant in the emergency room of the hospital to her alleged injury, was an employee or agent of the hospital (Executive Committee of the Baptist

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Convention v. Ferguson, 95 Ga. App. 393 (4) (98 S.E.2d 50); s.c. 213 Ga. 441, 444 (99 S.E.2d 150)), and the trial court erred in excluding conversations between the complainant and the doctor, and between complainant’s son and the doctor relating to complainant’s condition.

Judgment reversed. Bell, C. J., and McMurray, J., concur.

ARGUED JANUARY 18, 1977 — DECIDED FEBRUARY 1, 1977 — REHEARING DENIED MARCH 9, 1977 — CERT. APPLIED FOR.
Medical malpractice. Fulton Superior Court. Before Judge Langford.

E. Graydon Shuford, for appellant.

Hunter S. Allen, Jr., Thomas Marvin Smith, Jr., Robert G. Tanner, for appellee.

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