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  • Nix v. Cox Enters. Inc. d/b/a The Atlanta Constitution

    Publication Date: 2001-02-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward T.M. Garland and Nelson O. Tyrone III Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter C. Canfield and Thomas M. Clyde Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A0070

    The Court of Appeals partially reversed the grant of summary judgment to a publishing company and its newspaper on an attorney's defamation claim arising out of two articles that characterized him a

  • Ketchup v. Howard

    Publication Date: 2001-01-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Linnie L. Darden III Jones, Osteen, Jones & Arnold, Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David R. Smith Branan, Searcey & Smith, Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A0987

    The Court of Appeals adopted the common law doctrine of informed consent providing that physicians and dentists have a duty to inform patients of the known material risks of a proposed treatment or

  • Toal v. DeKalb Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Rawls, V. Robert Denham Jr., Sara K. Sledge and Holly A. Pierson Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Per B. Normark and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1654, A00A1655

    Georgia's 1996 Medicaid reimbursement plan was invalid because the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance adopted the plan without make the findings necessary to insure that the plan provided for

  • McCall v. McCall

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pilar J. Penn, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D. Boyd Warner, Mayoue & Bates PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A1178

    Because the mother had sole legal custody of the children by virtue of her divorce decree, the tr urt improperly modified custody during a contempt proceeding initiated by the father when the t

  • Davenport v. Northeast Ga. Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John M. Brown, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas M. Cole Whelchel, Dunlap & Gignilliat, Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A98A2419

    Hospital's decision to terminate doctor's staff privileges was based on the hospital's reasonable belief that the termination furthered quality health

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  • In re Carter

    Publication Date: 2000-12-08
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
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    Case Number: S01Y0186

    Attorney suspended for one year for admittedly converting his client's settlement proceeds to his own use after he told her he would pay the funds to a health care provider as reimbursement for her

  • Furlong v. Dyal

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: O. Wayne Ellerbee and John K. Edwards Sr., Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George T. Talley Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Matthew R. Lawrence and Susan H. Sumner, Valdosta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1639

    Plaintiff who was injured in a multi-car collision proved causation through investigating officer's opinion that she was struck from b

  • Patton v. St. Francis Hosp.

    Publication Date: 2000-10-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony L. Cochran and James D. Durham Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan F. Herman Hawkins & Parnell and Kimberly L. Woodland Love & Willingham, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1672

    Under Georgia's peer and medical review statutes, the proceedings and records of a review organization are not discove

  • Pope v. Fields

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George T. Smith Browning, Tanksley & Casurella, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis C. O'Brien and David J. Koontz, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S00A1244

    The appointment of a guardian for the decedent did not destroy her right or ability to change her

  • King v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-10-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Carley, George H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William D. Healan III, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy G. Madison, District Attorney, Jefferson, and Robin R. Riggs, Assistant District Attorney, Winder, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellants: Jack S. Schroder Jr., Angela T. Burnette, Donna P. Bergeson Alston & Bird, Nicholas A. Lotito Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixon & Elmore LLP, Randall L. Hughes Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Richard L. Shackelford King & Spaulding, George E. Duncan Jr. Duncan & Mangiafico, James E. Singer Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Albert M. Pearson III Mills, Moraitakis, Kushel & Pearson, David A. Cook Medical Assoc. of Ga., Karen L. Duke Promina Health Systems Inc., Robert A. Schapiro, Associate Professor Emory Univ. School of Law, Atlanta, David N. Nelson Chambless, Higdon & Carson, Charles M. Cork III Reynolds and McArthur, Kenneth B. Banks Central Georgia Health Sys. Inc., Macon, Nina M. Svoren Healy & Svoren, Sean A. Black, Toccoa, Carol M. Todd West Georgia Health Sys. Inc., LaGrange, T. Mills, Fleming Hunter, McLean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, Michael G. Gray Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Byrd, Perry, C. Wade Monk II Shaw, Maddox, Graham, Monk & Boling, Rome, Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, Swainsboro, Charles C. Olson, Staff Attorney, Alvin G. Hollingshed Prosecuting Atty's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, Dalton, Leslie C. Abernathy, Solicitor General, Cumming, and Paul M. Kurtz, Professor & Associate Dean University of Georgia, Athens.
    Case Number: S99A1490

    The state's use of O.C.G.A. § 24-9-40 a to subpoena defendant's medical records was unconstitut