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  • Kennestone Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital v. Emory University d/b/a Emory University Hospital Smyrna, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Boone Darden, Armando Luis Basarrate, II, Grace Park Blood, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, Robert D. Ingram, David Patrick Conley, (Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Charles Threlkeld, Elliott Leigh Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, Stacey Ann Hillock, (Georgia Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Jeffrey William Stump, Christopher M. Carr, Charles K. Thimmesch, Cathelynn Tio, Stephen John Petrany, James Edward Barrett, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G1282

    Court clarifies that a hospital certificate of need ("CON") is a private property right, vacates appellate court opinion to the contrary, and remands for further analysis

  • Carole Maso et al. v. Brian Zeh et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Bentley Cash, David Najeeb Krugler, Wendy Goodwin Huray, Laura Lynne Voght, (Cash, Krugler & Fredericks, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randolph Page Powell, Jr., Alexander Collins Vey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Laura M. Shamp, Joshua Forrest Silk, (Shamp Silk), Atlanta, Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23C0765

    Physician Assistant Act Does Not Create Vicarious Liability for Supervising Physicians For Medical Acts of Their Physician Assistants

  • Morgan County Hospital Authority v. City of Madison

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Government | Health Care Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kirk Fjelstul, Kathryn Zickert, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Carter, (James E. Carter Law Firm, LLC), Athens, Frank Jenkins, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0795

    Proposed Drug Treatment Facility Would Be Continuation of Long-Time Hospital Use Already Occurring in City Location

  • Hospital Authority of Wayne County v. Amerisourcebergen Drug Corporation, et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bunnell Smith, (Smith, Phelps & Murray), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eileen Elizabeth H. Rumfelt, Robert Foust Parsley, Elizabeth J Marquardt, (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta, Robert A. Nicholas, Shannon E. McClure, (Reed Smith LLP), Philidelphia, Enu A. Mainigi, Jennifer G. Wright, Steven Pyser, Ashley Hardin, (Williams & Connolly LLP), Washington, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Randall Jordan, (Hunter MaClean Exley & Dunn), St. Simons Island, Geoffrey E. Hobart, Mark H. Lynch, Christian J. Pistilli, (Covington & Burling LLP), Washington, Jacqueline Tandy Menk, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Yosef G. Schaffel, Elaine P. Golin, (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz), New York Elizabeth C. Helm, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, Charles C. Lifland, (O’Melveny & Myers LLP), Los Angeles, for appellee; William Wright Banks, Jr., Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, Christopher M. Carr, Wayne R. Beckermann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; David Cohen, Cleveland for other party.
    Case Number: S23Q0486

    Health Agency Lacked Authority to Challenge Constitutionality of Statute Barring Post-Settlement Claims Against Pharmaceutical Companies

  • 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

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  • 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

  • Preferred Women's Healthcare LLC et al. v. Sain et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-29
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Huff, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta, Sarah Akinosho, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Barnes, John Bevis, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Matthew Coles, (Coles Barton, LLP), Lawrenceville, Mark Meliski, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0413

    Plaintiff's Expert Was Qualified to Testify as to How Long Patient Might Have Lived If Cancer Had Been Diagnosed and Treated Earlier

  • Raffensperger v. Jackson et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Maximillian James Changus, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Melissa Angeleah Tracy, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yasha Heidari, (Heidari Power Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, Renee D. Flaherty, (Institute for Justice), Arlington, Jaimie Cavanaugh, (Institute for Justice), Minneapolis, for appellee; Amy Lee Copeland, (Rouse & Copeland, LLC), Savannah, for Amicus Appellant; Anthony L. Cochran, Emma Cramer, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus; Maxwell Kent Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, Eugene R. Curry, (Law Office of Eugene R. Curry), Barnstable, Joseph Diedrich, (Husch Blackwell LLP), Madison, Rebecca C. Furdek, (Husch Blackwell LLLP), Milwaukee, Abraham James Spung, (Husch Blackwell LLP), Chattanooga, Glenn A. Delk, (Lightmas & Delk), Atlanta, Wilson C. Freeman, (Pacific Legal Foundation.), Sacramento, Timothy Sandefur, (Scharf-Norton Center For Constitutional Litigation), Phoenix, Madison Hunter Kitchens, John Franklin Sacha, Jr., Seth Isaac Euster, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0017

    Statute Requiring Certification of Lactation Care Providers Violated Due Process Right to Practice Their Chosen Profession

  • Braselton ASC, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-29
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Armando Basarrate, Elizabeth Kitchens, David Darden, Grace Kopache, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Cole, (Welchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker, LLP), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Marial Ellis, (Dept. of Community Health), Atlanta, Robert Rozier, Dorothy Cornwell, Brittany Sykes, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Roger Hatcher, Matthew Smith, (Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A.), Gainesville, Robert Highsmith, Talis Trevino, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, Caylee Noggle, (Commissioner-C/O Office of Health Planning Department of Community Health), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0522

    Court affirms award of a certificate of need to one entity where a competing entity had challenged the financial feasibility of the first entity's proposed surgical center.

  • Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Constitutional Law | Damages | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Timothy Rogers, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips William Michael D’Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr., Hilary Wayne Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Joshua Ferber Thorpe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Farish Barr, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jeff Sandman, (Webb, Daniel, Friedlander, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Maxwell Kent Thelen, Andrew Steven Ashby, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Matthew J. Rubenstein, (Jones Day), Minneapolis, Letitia A. McDonald, Robert B. Friedman, Erin Munger, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Anna Sumner Pieschel, Philip S. Goldberg, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, David Christopher Hanson, (The Hanson Firm), Atlanta, Anthony J. Sebok, (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), New York John C.P. Goldberg, (Harvard Law School), Cambridge, for Amicus Appellee; Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jeffrey R. White, (Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.), Washington, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, James D. Meadows, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Jacob Edward Daly, Elissa Blache Haynes, P. Michael Freed, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: S22A1060

    Statutory Cap on Punitive Damages Does Not Violate State Constitutional Right to Jury Trial