Publication Date: 2013-11-06
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Benham, Robert
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael J. Bowers, Malissa A. Kaufold-Wiggins Balch & Bingham LLP, Atlanta, Cavender C. Kimble Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, Ala., Wade P. K. Carr, Bruce E. Baty Dentons US LLP, Kansas City, Mo., and Eric J. Andalman Dentons US LLP, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.
for defendant: Walter G. Elliott II Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding PC, Valdosta, for appellees. Amicus Appellee: Aubrey T. Villines Jr. and Jeffrey R. Filipovits Filipovits Law Firm PC, Atlanta.
Case Number: S12G1935
The Court of Appeals erred in defining the phrases "any class of providers" and "classes of eye care providers" too broadly, inasmuch as it relied on the general dictionary definition of the word "