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  • AU Medical Center, Inc. v. Georgia Department of Community Health, et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Belinfante, Daniel Monahan, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Ecenia, (Rutledge Ecenia, P. A.), Tallahassee, Cathelynn Tio, Christopher Carr, (Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law), Atlanta, Jennifer Hinson, (Rutledge Ecenia, P.A.), Tallahassee, Caylee Noggle, (Commissioner-C/O Office of Health Planning), Atlanta, Charles Thimmesch, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1148

    Party Challenging Grant of Certificate of Need to Hospital Failed to Raise Claim Its Substantial Rights Were Prejudiced

  • Pride Medical, Inc. et al. v. John Doe et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Class Actions | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Bazinet, Jonathan Peters, (Peters & Monyak, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Poole, Bret Moore, Jon David Huffman, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Scott McMahan, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1140

    Ample Evidence Supported Imposition of Attorney Fees and Expenses as Discovery Sanctions

  • Green v. Georgia Department of Corrections et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Williams, (HDR LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Menefee, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, Peter Fisher, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0930

    Prisoner's State-Law Medical Malpractice Suit Not Valid Renewal of Earlier Suit in Federal Court

  • Harvard et al. v. John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-22
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Christopher Rodd, (The Rodd Firm LLC), Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Watt, Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, Carlton Joyce, Lucas Bradley, Gregroy Finch, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, for appellee; James Thagard, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Scott & Smith), Valdosta, Paul Weathington, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, Lindsay Forlines, (Forlines Law LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0960

    Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Failed to Show Wife's Death Was Caused by Delay in Treatment

  • In the Interest of C.C. et al., Children.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Buell Hume, (Hume, Jaacks & Associates, LLC), Cumming, Brittani Chandler, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Warren Bergethon, Shalen S. Nelson, Bryan Keith Webb, Emily Allen Harris, Christopher M. Carr, Hannah Basta, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Kris-Ann Poe, Hiawassee Rochelle Ann Doyle, Roswell, for appellee; Melissa D. Carter, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, Edward Albert Bedard, Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Mathew K. Titus, (Titus Law LLC), Alpharetta, Victoria Cuneo Powell, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Kurtis George Anderson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S22A0584

    Juvenile Court Applied Wrong Standard in Determining Parents' Religious Objection to Vaccinating Children Was Insincere

  • Russell et al. v. Kantamneni et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-08
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason E. Reeves, (The Reeves Firm), Atlanta, Robert Wright, (Katz Stepp Wright & Fleming LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Lavender, (Lavender Hoffman Alderman, LLC), Atlanta, Christina Essex, (Fisherbroyles LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Spencer Bomar, Wayne McGrew, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, Sharonda Boyce, (Huff Powell Bailey LLC), Atlanta, Nichole Hair, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0378

    Experienced Rheumatologist Was Qualified to Render Expert Opinion in Medical Malpractice Case Involving Death From Lupus

  • Dunwoody Obstetrics And Gynecology, P. C., et al. v. Franklin et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hanson, (Weathington LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Cross, (The Cross Firm LLC), Decatur, J. Howard, Geoffrey Pope, (Pope & Howard, PC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1691

    Excluding Critical Defense Evidence as Discovery Sanction Following Last-Minute Disclosure Not Abuse of Discretion

  • Med-Care Solutions, LLC et al. v. Bey & Associates, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-03-23
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Schwartz, (Schwartz Law Center, LLC), Marietta, Karen Young, (Karen Young Law Firm), Saint Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Alloy, Brian Lake, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield), Atlanta, H. Dever, Hayes Dever, (Friedman, Dever & Merlin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Mike Aziz, (Clark Mascaro & Aziz, P.C.), Atlanta, Alex Smith, (AM Smith Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, Lynn Hassett, (Hassett Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1610

    Court affirms finding that medical funding companies could not enforce a lien that they attempted to enforce as an Article 9 security interest and not as a medical lien

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Kirby et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Archer, James Hollis, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, E. Hogan, Allison Ryan, Briana Black, Catherine Stetson, (Hogan Lovells US LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Doss, (The Doss Firm, LLC), Marietta, Jason Kellogg, (Levine Kellogg Lehman Schnider + Grossman LLP), Miami, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1387

    Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss claims against health insurer for misrepresentation and breach of contract, noting that the filed-rate doctrine does not apply

  • Phoebe Sumter Medical Center v. Government Employees Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-02-25
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis Hargrove, (The Finley Firm), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Hammer, Elizabeth Lowrey, (Lueder Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1714

    Court reverses summary judgment in favor of insurer in a matter over whether a medical center had properly perfected a hospital lien