Publication Date: 2000-03-17
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Chambless and Dawn G. Benson Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, George P. Donaldson III Donaldson, Bell & Pickett PC, Albany, and Wade H. Coleman Tillman, McTier, Coleman, Talley, Newberry & Kurrie, Valdosta, for appellant.
for defendant: . William S. Stone and T. Craig Ernest William S. Stone PC, Blakely, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Harold G. Clarke Troutman Sanders, Thomas S. Carlock Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, John E. Hall Jr., Jonathan Marigliano Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Robert E. Whitley, William M. Earnest Jr. Thrasher, Whitley, Hampton & Morgan, Jack S. Schroder Jr., Angela T. Burnette Alston & Bird, David A. Cook, William T. Clark Medical Ass'n of Ga., Atlanta, David H. Tisinger, Richard G. Tisinger Jr. Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, Carrollton, Leonard A. Nelson and E. Ratcliffe Anderson Jr. MD American Med. Ass'n, Chicago, Ill.
Case Number: S99G0600
Urologist was not liable to plaintiff for fraud since he had no duty to disclose his use of illegal drugs or any other aspect of his personal life that might adversely impact his professional perfor