Palladino v. Piedmont Hosp., Inc.

Full title: PALLADINO et al. v. PIEDMONT HOSPITAL, INC

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Aug 27, 2003

586 S.E.2d 771 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003)

262 Ga. App. 895

Opinion

A01A1884.

DECIDED AUGUST 27, 2003

Assault, etc. DeKalb Superior Court. Before Judge Hunter.

Barry L. Zimmerman, for appellants.

Hall, Booth, Smith Slover, Deborah S. Moses, Downey Cleveland, William C. Anderson, for appellee.

PHIPPS, Judge.

In Division 1 of Palladino v. Piedmont Hosp.,¹ we reversed the grant of summary judgment to Piedmont Hospital. The Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider whether Piedmont Hospital was entitled to summary judgment on a theory of respondeat superior.

1 254 Ga. App. 102, 104-106 ( 561 S.E.2d 235) (2002).

In Piedmont Hosp. v. Palladino,² the Supreme Court reversed our holding in Division 1. Accordingly, our decision is vacated as to Division 1, the judgment of the Supreme Court is made the judgment of this Court with respect to that division and the judgment of the trial court is affirmed.

2 276 Ga. 612 ( 580 S.E.2d 215) (2003).

Judgment affirmed. Smith, C.J., and Barnes, J., concur.

PHIPPS, Judge.

DECIDED AUGUST 27, 2003.