Lowndes Cnty. Health Servs., LLC v. Copeland

2 Citing cases

  1. Buchanan v. United States

    Civil Action 3:19-CV-572-CHB (W.D. Ky. Mar. 25, 2022)   Cited 1 times

    (“It is a matter of reason and common sense within the jury's fact-finding province to infer that, in an employment setting, if there is too much work required of too few employees, either the work will not get done or the quality of the work will be diminished.”) (citations omitted); Lowndes Cty. Health Servs., LLC v. Copeland, 352 Ga.App. 233, 239 (Ga.Ct.App. 2019) (finding that a negligent staffing claim against a nursing home sounded in ordinary negligence, not professional malpractice, so expert testimony was not required).

  2. Cannon v. Barnes

    357 Ga. App. 228 (Ga. Ct. App. 2020)   Cited 4 times

    Id. (citation and punctuation omitted). Compare Lowndes County Health Svcs. v. Copeland , 352 Ga. App. 233, 240-242 (3), 834 S.E.2d 322 (2019) (when expert opined that nonparty medical providers breached the standard of care, there was enough evidence to submit the question of fault of the nonparties to the jury).Furthermore, the trial court also instructed the jury on the negligence and fault of nonparties, apportionment, proximate cause and multiple proximate causes.