• CKCG Healthcare Services, Inc. et al. v. Georgia Department of Community Health

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tanya Graham, (The Law Office of Tanya Mitchell Graham, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1319

    Parties Appealing Superior Court Review of State Administrative Agency Ruling Failed to Apply For Discretionary Appeal

  • Premier Health Care Investments, LLC v. UHS of Anchor, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-04
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, Austin Alexander, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Charles Threlkeld, Ryan Chorkey Burke, (Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Marial Lanier Ellis, Stacey Ann Hillock, Roxana Dehnad Tatman, Rachel L King, (Georgia Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Cathelynn Tio, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Armando Luis Basarrate, David Boone Darden, (Parker, Hudson, Ranier & Dobbs), Atlanta, Robert D. Ingram, David Patrick Conley, (Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, Frank B. Strickland, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee. James Cullen Evans, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Jessica L. Thompson, (New Civil Liberties Alliance), Washington, for Neutral Amicus.

    Case Number: S19G1491

    Hospital Did Not Have to Obtain Additional Certificate of Need When it Reconfigured Inpatient Beds Within Its Total Licensed Capacity

  • Arnold v. Turbow et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-29
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louie Hendricks, (L. Barrington Hendricks, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Tompkins, Gerond Lawrence, Marriah Paige, Derron Bowles, (Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins), Atlanta, Dana King, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1233

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of doctors and a hospital in a wrongful death case due to lack of probable cause

  • Atlanta Women's Specialists, LLC et al. v. Trabue et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Flint, Michael David Flint, Jamie Lee Kastler, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sims Stone, (Law Offices of William S. Stone), Blakely, Michael George Regas, (Stone Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Ryals Drayton Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, James William Stone, (The Stone Law Group – Trial Lawyers, LLC), Blakely, Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Keri Fielder Conley, (Georgia Hospital Association), Marietta, Donald J. Palmisano, Jr., (Medical Association of Georgia), Atlanta, Tracy Morgan Baker, (Wellstar Health System, Inc.), Marietta, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Amy W. Adelman, (Emory University), Atlanta, David Christopher Hanson, Jessica To Holland, Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington McGrew, P.C.), Atlanta, William Thomas Worthy, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, Elizabeth McFall Leddy , (Piedmont Healthcare, INC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Colin Dang Delaney, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Daniel James Huff, Taylor Marie Tribble, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S19G1138

    Personal Injury Defendants Seeking Appportionment For Nonparty's Conduct Should Have Filed Pretrial Notice of Nonparty Fault

  • Janet Lee Graham Stanley et al. v. Floyd P. Garrett et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hungeling, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Adam Rubenfield, (Hungeling Law, P.C.), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heather Ware, John Hall, Annalese Herndon, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0894

    Court affirms dismissal of professional negligence claim and grant of summary judgment dismissing a negligence claim where no legal duty or relationship existed

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  • Thomas v. Meziere et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph King, (Joseph H. King, Jr. P.C.), Atlanta, Roger Krause, (Krause, Golomb & Witcher, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Banks, (Weathington McGrew LLC), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, David Hanson, (Weathington Smith, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0968

    Court affirms verdict for medical defendants in a malpractice/wrongful death action over plaintiff's contentions of trial court error

  • Doctors Hospital of Augusta, LLC v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-14
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Belinfante, Kimberly Anderson, Daniel Monahan, Carey Miller, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante & Littlefield), Atlanta, Stephen Ecenia, (Rutledge Ecenia, P. A.), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roxana Tatman, Jeffrey Stump, Monica Sullivan, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Robert Threlkeld, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0567

    Court affirms award of Certificate of Need for a new hospital to one health care provider and rejects competitor's challenge to the award of that Certificate

  • Houston Hospitals, Inc. v. Reeves et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francesca Townsend, Daniel Huff, Julye Johns, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Caleb Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Katherine McArthur, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellee. Emmitte Griggs, (Chambless, Higdon & Carson), Macon, Terrell Benton, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0459

    Court affirms denial of a hospital's motion to dismiss a negative credentialing tort claim where a plaintiff did not file an expert affidavit to support that claim

  • Bowden et al. v. The Medical Center, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-05
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Michael Rosen Baumrind, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Charles A. Gower, Charles Austin Gower, (Charles A. Gower, P.C.), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: William N. Withrow, Lindsey Bowen Mann, (Troutman Sanders, LLP), Atlanta, Paul Douglas Ivey, Robert Calhoun Martin, Lauren King Dimitri, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Miller Peterson Robinson, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Curtis Allen Garrett, James Francis Bogan, (Kilpatrick Stockton LLP), Atlanta, Robert Perry Sentell, Joseph Hixon Huff, (Kilpatrick Stockton LLP), Augusta, for Amicus Appellant. Jason Edward Bring, Chesley Sellers McLeod, William Jerad Rissler, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S19G0494

    Court reverses class certification, and rules that a hospital was entitled to summary judgment on patient's fraud, misrepresentation, and RICO Act claims

  • Arnold v. Word et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-31
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louie Hendricks, (L. Barrington Hendricks, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maren Cave, Kathryn Robertson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Odis Williams, (The Law Office of Odis Williams, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0675

    Aunt of Autistic Man Who Died After Choking on Food at Personal Care Home Fails to Identify Premises Liability Duty Owed by Property's Alleged Co-Owner