• Hart v. Shergold

    Publication Date: 2008-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A2316

    The juries award of $2.1M for the plaintiff and his wife in their personal injury action was not so flagrant as to shock the consc

  • Burrowes v. Northside Hosp.

    Publication Date: 2008-12-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
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    Case Number: A08A1826

    The federal Health Care Quality Improvement Act provides legal immunity from damages from actions taken under the reasonable belief that the action was in the furtherance of quality health care, aft

  • Smith v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2008-11-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A1502

    The 2-year statute of limitation barred the plaintiff's medical malpractice claim arising from the injuries she suffered due to Gentamicin pois

  • Hospital Auth. of Valdosta and Lowndes County d/b/a South Ga. Med. Ctr. v. Meeks

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A1199; A08A1200

    The medical review and peer review statutes protect all proceedings and information of a review organization, not just what is included in physical

  • Moreland v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2008-11-14
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
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    Case Number: S08G0498

    HIPAA's privacy rule precludes defense attorneys in medical malpractice cases from interviewing the plaintiff's prior treating physi

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  • Appling v. Tatum

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
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    Case Number: A08A0886

    The trial court erred in premising the mother's neys' fee award on O.C.G.A. § 19-6-2 in this child custody and support case, since that statute governs the grant and enforcement o

  • Liu v. Boyd

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
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    Case Number: A08A2201

    The trial court erred in failing to dismiss the plaintiff's entire complaint, since all of her claims alleged professional negligence and she failed to file the required expert affi

  • Pineres v. George

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S08A0773

    The trial court improperly modified the parties' divorce decree in the context of ruling on the parties' contempt motions when it shifted final decision-making authority regarding their mino

  • Pineres v. George

    Publication Date: 2008-11-07
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
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    Case Number: S08A0773

    The trial court improperly modified the parties' divorce decree in the context of ruling on the parties' contempt motions when it shifted final decision-making authority regarding their mino

  • The Surgery Ctr. LLC v. Hughston Surgical Inst. LLC

    Publication Date: 2008-10-24
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
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    Case Number: A08A1033

    The trial court improperly substituted its own judgment for that of the Department of Community Health in reversing the Department's denial of the appellee's application for a certificate of