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

    Publication Date: 2024-10-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Armando Basarrate, David Darden, Grace Blood, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs), Atlanta, David Conley, Robert Ingram, (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, Amy Weil, (The Weil Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Stacey Hillock, Daniel Walsh, Dale Cecka, (Department Of Community Health), Atlanta, Cathelynn Tio, (U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0111

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated its prior opinion and ruled that a hospital must obtain a certificate of need ("CON") to revert to a short-stay acute care facility

  • City of Atlanta et al. v. Sebastian

    Publication Date: 2023-08-28
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marc Sirotkin, Timothy Lemke, (Swift Currie), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kyle Johnston, (The Law Office of Kyle D. Johnston), Atlanta, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party; Todd Maziar, Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A1185

    Court affirms the reversal of the suspension of benefit, reinstatement of worker's compensation, and attorney fee award for injured City policeman

  • Freeport Title & Guaranty, Inc., as Trustee of the 1080 Bethlehem Church Trust v. Braswell et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-31
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: N. Wages, (Attorney at Law), Winder, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0442

    Court affirms a judgment order in favor of grantors on a grantee's action to quiet title to a parcel of property where security deed created a continuing security interest

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

    Publication Date: 2022-07-28
    Practice Area: Regulation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Armando Basarrate, David Darden, Grace Kopache, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs), Atlanta, David Conley, Robert Ingram, (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, Amy Weil, (The Weil Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Stacey Hillock, (Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Daniel Walsh, Dale Cecka, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, Cathelynn Tio, (Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0111

    Court finds that a health care facility required a new Certificate of Need to convert from a long-term to short-term acute care facility