Court of Appeals of Georgia March 7, 1990, A89A2257 (Hillhaven Rehabilitation & Convalescent Center v. Patterson)

Beasley, Judge.

William Patterson, as executor of the estate of the deceased John Patterson, brought an action for medical malpractice against Hill-haven, a nursing home. While a patient at Hillhaven, John Patterson fell out of bed, broke his hip and subsequently died from complications arising out of the injury.