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  • Alvista Healthcare Ctr. Inc. v. Miller

    Publication Date: 2009-03-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason E. Bring Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Lance D. Lourie and Stephen R. Chance Watkins, Lourie & Roll LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1899

    The nursing care facility was required to release the decedent's medical records to his surviving s

  • Georgia Pines Community Serv. Bd. v. Summerlin

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General and Jennifer L. Dalton, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cale H. Conley, Richard A. Griggs Conley Griggs LLP, Atlanta, and C. Frederick Overby Overby Law Office PC, Columbus, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A1823

    The defendant was entitled to sovereign immunity, since the allegedly negligent individuals, who contributed to her 18-year-old son's death of asphyxiation at the defendant's intensive treatment res

  • In the Interest of J. S.

    Publication Date: 2009-02-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Y. West The West Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth M. Williamson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and John P. Cheeley, Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A08A1993

    Clear and convincing evidence of the mother's multiple, unconfirmed allegations of the child's sexual abuse and requested physical examinations, and the mother's lack of employment and stable housin

  • Collins v. Dickman

    Publication Date: 2009-01-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Carl Reynolds and Bradley J. Survant Reynolds & McArthur, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert P. Monyak Peters & Monyak LLP, Susan V. Summers, Trisha L. Lewis Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, and Rush S. Smith Jr. Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A08A1725

    The evidence showed that the plaintiff's expert had not engaged in the active practice or teaching of anesthesiology for three of five years preceding the plaintiff's su

  • Moreland v. Austin

    Publication Date: 2009-01-02
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Don C. Keenan, Allan L. Galbraith and Charles H. Allen The Keenan Law Firm, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Henry D. Green Jr. Green & Sapp LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus appellant: Jarome E. Gautreaux O'Neal, Brown & Sizemore, Macon, Lee T. Wallace The Wallace Law Firm LLC, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Tracy M. Field, Ashley S. Kelly and Robert T. Strang III Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLC, Atlanta.
    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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  • 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