A Georgia Supreme Court ruling Tuesday covered new ground in allowing testimony from doctors in a child sex abuse case, reversing an opposite holding from the Georgia Court of Appeals nearly a year ago.

“We granted certiorari to decide whether hearsay identifying the alleged sexual abuser of a child victim is admissible under the hearsay exception for statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment found in OCGA § 24-8-803 (4) (“Rule 803 (4)”),” Justice Nels Peterson said in the opening of a 23-page opinion. His answer was yes and the decision was unanimous save for one justice.