THE STATE SUPREME COURT has agreed to hear a challenge to a part of last year’s tort law changes that required medical-malpractice plaintiffs to waive the privacy in their medical records when they file claims.
The high court said it would review one of two July decisions by the Court of Appeals of Georgia that struck down the provision as conflicting with a federal statute guarding the confidentiality of patient information.
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