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  • Doe v. Vest Monroe, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Bonder, Joseph White, (730 Peachtree Street, NE), Atlanta, Roy Kelly, Caitlin Derst, (Kelly & Kelly LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kimberly Woodland, Kathleen Broyles, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0605

    Court reverses denial of a motion for class certification in a case involving unauthorized disclosure of more 1,415 patient medical treatment records

  • Green et al. v. Pinnix et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellee; Georgia Hospital Association, Inc. et al., Atlanta, Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A0547

    Court reverses an order finding that a defendant had violated HIPAA, concluding that the transmission of medical records to a treating doctor was not a HIPAA violation

  • Columbus, Georgia Board of Tax Assessors et al. v. The Medical Center Hospital Authority.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lomax, (Robert R. Lomax, LLC), Columbus, Charles Palmer, (Troutman & Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Buchanan, (Buchanan Law Firm, PC), Columbus, Andrew Rothschild, (Rothschild & Rothschild, P.C.), Columbus, Robert Ashe, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0373

    Court affirms exemption from property taxation for an elder care facility leased and managed by a hospital authority for a public purpose

  • Files v. The Housing Authority of the City of Douglas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Shipley, John Manly, (Manly Shipley LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Blackerby, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0506

    Court reverses grant of summary judgment in favor of a housing authority, finding that it is not a State entity that is entitled to sovereign immunity in a negligence case

  • Pass v. Athens Housing Authority

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Peter Law, Ernest Moran, Elizabeth Rose, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Dean, Parks Stone, Lawrence Washburn, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Roy Manoll, (Fortson Bentley And Griffin), Athens, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0344

    Court reverses ruling that a City Housing Authority was entitled to summary judgment due to sovereign immunity on a premises liability claim

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  • Blevins et al. v. PEGGA, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Schoenthaler, Neill Wright, Christopher Rosser, (Schoenthaler Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Ginsberg, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, Joseph Prescott, (Fellows Labriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0061

    Expert Testimony Not Necessary to Establish Cause of Pain Experienced When Blood-Draw Technician Pierced Bone

  • Zephaniah v. Georgia Clinic, P.C

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Annie Zephaniah, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terrell Benton, William Story, Thomas Haswell, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0057

    Expert Testimony Not Necessary to Establish Cause of Pain Experienced When Blood-Draw Technician Pierced Bone

  • Smaha et al. v. The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Clay, (Pratt Clay, LLC), Atlanta, Wesley Taulbee, (Clay Taulbee & Myers, LLC), Statesboro, James Myers, (Insley & Race LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jo Jagor, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Roy Meeks, Atlanta, Amanda Speier, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0267

    Court affirms dismissal of plaintiff's expert in a medical malpractice case because he had no relevant experience to qualify as an expert on the nursing standard of care

  • Phillis Graham v. Hospice Savannah, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-26
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Foster, Marvin McGahee, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter, LLC), Savannah, for appellee; Jordon Morrow (Brannen, Searcy & Smith), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0430

    Employee Called to Work Outside of Normal Schedule Was Not on "Special Mission" While Commuting to Work

  • Williams v. Silvers

    Publication Date: 2023-07-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rickie Brown, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, Julia Hill, (Brown, Toland, & Hill Attorneys), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0208

    Court affirms childcare modification order granting a father primary physical and legal custody and vacates an order denying the mother's contempt allegations against him