• Kellett v. Kumar

    Publication Date: 2006-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard P. Decker and Stacy E. Hyken Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ezra B. Jones III Pendergast & Jones PC, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A06A1641

    $1.6 million judgment in favor of laintiffs affirmed in their suit against the defendants, since the amount was well within the range of damages established by the evidence, given the claim tha

  • Northlake Med. Ctr. LLC v. Queen

    Publication Date: 2006-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel S. Reinhardt, Michael E. Johnson Troutman Sanders LLP, Alan M. Maxwell and John M. Hawkins Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Kopelman Kopelman Law Group PC, Robert L. Goldstucker and Benjamin S. Persons IV Nall & Miller LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Allen S. Willingham, Robert P. Monyak Love, Willingham, Peters Gilleland & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, and Matthew G. Nasrallah Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah LLP, Marietta.

    Case Number: A06A0540

    HIPAA preempts the medical record release requirement of O.C.G.A. § 9-1

  • Davis v. Phoebe Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura M. Shamp Brown & Shamp, Atlanta, and Robert M. Beauchamp Beauchamp & Assocs., Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Carl R. Langley Langley & Lee, Albany, and Phillip A. Bradley Long, Aldridge & Norman, Atlanta, for appellees.

    Case Number: A06A0408

    The plaintiffs, uninsured patients, lacked standing to sue under a lease agre between the county hospital authority and the hospital because they were not third party beneficiaries of that agre

  • Cotten v. Phillips

    Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Earl McCall and Alex J. Kaplan McCall, Phillips & Williams LLC, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Chrisna D. Jones, Earnest Redwine and Annette D. Brown Devlin & Robinson PC, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Jefferson C. Callier Taylor, Harp & Callier, Columbus, and Daniel J. Huff Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta.

    Case Number: A06A0014

    Vascular surgeon was competent to testify as an expert in the plaintiff's medical malpractice action, since plaintiff's complaint was that the defendant orthopedic surgeon failed to assess vascular

  • In the Interest of S. L. E.

    Publication Date: 2006-07-14
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua J. Smith, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joel P. Thames, Bruce A. Kling, Curtis A. Kleem, Dalton, and Cynthia N. Johnson, Cohutta.

    Case Number: A05A2249

    The juvenile court erred in terminating reunification services for the father's two children, since the clear and convincing evidence did not sow that reasonable reunification efforts would be detr

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  • Morrell v. Wellstar Health Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-07-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan A. Vroon, John W. Crongeyer Vroon & Crongeyer LLP, Atlanta, Dennis T. Cathey, Edward E. Strain III and David A. Sleppy Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John H. Parker Jr., Leo E. Reichert, Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, Nisbet S. Kendrick III Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Atlanta, and Kenneth R. Bernard Jr., Douglasville, for appellees.

    Case Number: A06A0394

    The fact that the defendants charged the plaintiffs higher rates than they charged for medical care covered by insurance and Medicare/Medicaid benefits did not establish a violation of Uniform Decep

  • Cox v. Athens Reg'l Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T .Cathy, Edward E. Strain III, David A. Sleppy Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, Bryan A. Vroon and John W. Crongeyer Vroon & Crongeyer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, and Edward D. Robertson Jr. Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Obetz PC, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0341

    The plaintiffs were not entitled to declaratory relief, since all possible rights between the parties had accrued and all possible obligations had att

  • McLain v. Mariner Health Care Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven W. Saccoccia and Charles R. Bridgers Delong, Caldwell & Bridgers LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard N. Sheinis and William F. Holbert Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover PC, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0923

    The trial court's construction of the plaintiff's complaint as alleging private causes of action under the Medicaid and Medicare statutes and the grant of the defendant's motion to dismiss on that g

  • In the Interest of T. L.

    Publication Date: 2006-05-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis A. Kleem, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: in A06A0379. Bentley C. Adams III Public Defender's Office and Meron Dagnew, Dalton, for appellant in A03A0380. Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charissa A. Ruel, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Bruce A. King, Dalton, for appellee. Other party representation: Phillip F. Woodward and Joshua J. Smith, Dalton.

    Case Number: A06A0379; A06A0380

    The mother's continual drug abuse and the father's alcohol abuse and failure to support his child supported the termination of their parental r

  • Peacock v. Spivey

    Publication Date: 2006-04-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Bernes, Debra
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William F. Rucker, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Theresa K. Read LaMalva, Read & Oeland, Conyers, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, John E. Hennelly, James D. Coots, Cynthia A. Presto, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Brandon A. Oren Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, for appellees.

    Case Number: A05A1823

    The trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff's suit alleging that asphalt company employees spilled diesel fuel, causing damage and contamination to his property, since the plaintiff agreed to v