MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA INC v. TURNER (2025)

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

The MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA, INC. et al. v. Norkesia TURNER et al.

A24A0378

Decided: October 02, 2025

John E. Hall Jr., Atlanta, Jacquelyn Smith Clarke, Austin Aaron Atkinson, Michael Victor Profit, Pearson Kern Cunningham, Atlanta, Randolph Page Powell Jr., Alexander Collins Vey, for Appellant. Tracey Lynn Dellacona, Caleb Frank Walker, Katherine Lee McArthur, Macon, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, Atlanta, Lindsey Stephens Macon, for Appellee.

In Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. v. Turner ¹ (“Turner I”), this Court affirmed a jury verdict in favor of Norkesia Turner in her medical-malpractice and wrongful-death action against the Medical Center of Central Georgia and some of its medical staff. Then, in Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. v. Turner,² (“Turner II”), the Supreme Court of Georgia vacated our decision in Turner I and remanded the case to us with instructions to return it to the trial court for that court to rule on certain constitutional questions detailed by our Supreme Court in Turner II. As a result, we adopt the Supreme Court of Georgia's opinion in Turner II as our own, vacate the judgment of the trial court, and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with that opinion.

Judgment vacated and case remanded with direction.

FOOTNOTES

1. 372 Ga. App. 644, 905 S.E.2d 858 (2024).

2. ––– Ga. ––––, 917 S.E.2d 697 (2025).

Dillard, Presiding Judge.

Brown, C.J., and Padgett, J., concur.

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