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  • Austin v. Moreland

    Publication Date: 2007-10-26
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry D. Green Jr. Green, Johnson & Landers LLP, Atlanta, for Austin and others. Don C. Keenan, Charles H. Allen and Allan L. Galbraith The Keenan Law Firm, Atlanta, for Moreland and others. Other party representation: Tracy M. Field and Robert T. Strang III Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLP, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A07A1206; A07A1207

    The trial court erred in finding that HIPAA precluded any ex parte communications with the prior treating physicians, regardless of whether such communications included the disclosure of protected h

  • Northlake Med. Ctr. LLC v. Queen

    Publication Date: 2006-08-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel S. Reinhardt, Michael E. Johnson Troutman Sanders LLP, Alan M. Maxwell and John M. Hawkins Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Kopelman Kopelman Law Group PC, Robert L. Goldstucker and Benjamin S. Persons IV Nall & Miller LLP, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Allen S. Willingham, Robert P. Monyak Love, Willingham, Peters Gilleland & Monyak LLP, Atlanta, and Matthew G. Nasrallah Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah LLP, Marietta.
    Case Number: A06A0540

    HIPAA preempts the medical record release requirement of O.C.G.A. § 9-1

  • Cox v. Athens Reg'l Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2006-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis T .Cathy, Edward E. Strain III, David A. Sleppy Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, Bryan A. Vroon and John W. Crongeyer Vroon & Crongeyer LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . J. Edward Allen Jr. Fortson, Bentley & Griffin PA, Athens, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Atlanta, and Edward D. Robertson Jr. Bartimus, Frickleton, Robertson & Obetz PC, Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.
    Case Number: A06A0341

    The plaintiffs were not entitled to declaratory relief, since all possible rights between the parties had accrued and all possible obligations had att

  • Henderson v. Gandy

    Publication Date: 2005-12-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew R. Kirschner Kirschner & Venker PC, Atlanta, and Michael W. McElroy, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Ashley P. Nichols Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Simuel F. Doster Jr., Paul E. Weathington, Robert T. Strang III, and Wayne D. Toth Allen &Weathington PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: S05G0674

    To maintain a legally sufficient claim under the Georgia Fair Business Practices Act against a health care provider, a plaintiff must allege that an entrepreneurial or business aspect of the provisi

  • Henderson v. Gandy

    Publication Date: 2005-01-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Venker, Andrew R. Kirschner Kirschner & Venker PC, Atlanta, and Michael W. McElroy, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Paul E. Weathington, Robert T. Strang III, Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen & Weathington PC, Jeffrey D. Braintwain Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Brynda R. Insley Insley & Race, and Ashley P. Nichols Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1478

    Georgia's Fair Business Practices Act does not apply to private transac

  • Henderson v. Gandy

    Publication Date: 2004-12-10
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas J. Venker, Andrew R. Kirschner Kirschner & Venker PC, Atlanta, and Michael W. McElroy, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Paul E. Weathington, Robert T. Strang III, Simuel F. Doster Jr. Allen & Weathington PC, Jeffrey D. Braintwain Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Brynda R. Insley Insley & Race, and Ashley P. Nichols Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A04A1478

    Georgia's Fair Business Practices Act does not apply to private transac

  • TGM Ashley Lakes Inc. v. Jennings

    Publication Date: 2003-12-19
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Adams, A. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Earl W. Gunn, John C. Bonnie and Nancy G. Cook Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Charles A. Mathis Jr., Douglas P. McManamy The Mathis Law Firm, and John D. Steel Matthews & Steel, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A03A1401

    Dester v. Dester, 240 Ga. App. 711 1999, Spencer v. Gary Howard Enterprises, 256 Ga. App. 599 2002, and Stephens v. Greensboro Prop., 247 Ga. App. 670 2001, are overruled to the extent they held tha

  • Rome Healthcare LLC v. Peach Healthcare Sys. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-12-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey C. Smith Armstrong Allen, Memphis, Tenn., and John Stuber, Tupelo, Miss., for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank G. Goldman Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice PLLC, and Jeffery R. Saxby Epstein, Becker & Green PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A03A1190

    Judgment entered on the plaintiff's $1.16 million verdict against the defendant for breach of an agreement for the management of 5 nursing homes affirmed as some evidence supported the jury's findi

  • Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. v. Georgia Dep't of Revenue

    Publication Date: 2003-06-13
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Blackburn, G. Alan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David L. Turner and Lou Litchfield Schulten, Ward & Turner LLP, Atlanta, for Georgia Oilmen's Assoc. Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Daniel M. Formby, Deputy Attorney General, William W. Banks Jr. and John B. Ballard Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for Georgia Dep't of Revenue. Other party representation: Mark H. Cohen Troutman Sanders, Fred B. Kitchens Jr. Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Ga. Inc., and Ronald W. Rogers Stack & Rogers, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A03A0474; A03A0475

    Department of Revenue Rule 560-2-4-.02 correctly reflects the plain language of O.C.G.A. § 3-5-31 a and absolutely prohibits malt beverage retailers from buying beer from wholesalers outside of thei

  • Ball v. Bright Horizons Children Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2003-03-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James A. Shea Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marvin A. Devlin and Chrisna J. Walker Devlin & Robinson PC, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A02A2176

    A 4-year-old's alleged injury due to exploratory sexual play with a 6-year-old classmate at daycare was not the result of any negligence on the part of the daycare c