Brathwaite v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth.

The plaintiff alleged facts in her amended complaint, which, if true, would support her claim that her former supervisor tortuously interfered with her employment contract during a time when she was a stranger to that contract.

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After being terminated from her job as a medical coder at Grady Memorial Hospital, Althea Brathwaite sued the entity operating the hospital, the Fulton-DeKalb County Hospital Authority d/b/a Grady Health System Grady; the hospital’s chief executive officer, Michael Young; the hospital’s senior vice president for human resources, Michael Black; the hospital’s chief financial officer, Michael Ayres; and the hospital’s medical coding manager, Tracey Quinn. Brathwaite alleged in count one that Grady terminated her in violation of the whistle-blower statute OCGA § 45-1-4; in count two that Quinn was negligently hired and retained; in count three that Young, Black, Ayres, and Quinn were negligently supervised; in count four that Quinn tortiously interfered with her employment contract with Grady; and in count five that she was entitled to the award of attorney fees pursuant to OCGA § 13-6-11. The trial court granted Quinn’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on the tortious interference claim, and granted summary judgment in favor of Grady, Young, Black, and Ayres on the remaining claims. On Brathwaite’s appeal, we reverse the grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of Quinn, and affirm the grant of summary judgment in favor of Grady, Young, Black, and Ayres.

1. The trial court erred by granting judgment on the pleadings against Brathwaite on her claim that Quinn tortiously interfered with her employment contract with Grady.

Brathwaite v. Fulton-DeKalb Hosp. Auth.

The plaintiff alleged facts in her amended complaint, which, if true, would support her claim that her former supervisor tortuously interfered with her employment contract during a time when she was a stranger to that contract.

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