St. Mary'S Health Care System, Inc D/B/A St. Mary'S Hospital v. Fredrick Roach et al..

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What the court decided

The Georgia Court of Appeals held that because the trial court denied summary judgment, the claim sounded in professional negligence rather than ordinary negligence due to the nature of the radiology agreement. The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed the decision, finding error because the hospital's policy regarding on-call radiologist consultation involved the exercise of professional judgment.