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  • Young v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-08-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank J. Klosik Jr. and Robert J. McCune Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus Representation: Antoinette D. Johnson Smolar & Assocs., Atlanta. Amicus Appellant: H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, David A. Cook, William T. Clark, Atlanta, Temple Sellers, Decatur, and Marilyn J. Allen, Marietta.
    Case Number: S01G0589

    The 2-year statute of limitation for medical malpractice claims does not provide for the commencement of the limitation period upon the termination of a health care provider's treatment of a p

  • Young v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2002-03-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless LLP, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Frank J. Klosik Jr. and Robert J. McCune Greer, Klosik & Daugherty, Atlanta, for appellee. Neutral Amicus Representation: Antoinette D. Johnson Smolar & Assocs., Atlanta. Amicus Appellant: H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger E. Harris Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney LLP, David A. Cook, William T. Clark, Atlanta, Temple Sellers, Decatur, and Marilyn J. Allen, Marietta.
    Case Number: S01G0589

    The 2-year statute of limitation for medical malpractice claims does not provide for the commencement of the limitation period upon the termination of a health care provider's treatment of a p

  • In the Interest of J. V.

    Publication Date: 2002-03-08
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cassandra M. Ford, Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson and Laura W. Hyman, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, and Thomas J. O'Donnell, Milledgeville, for appellee. Other party representation: L. A. Browne Jr., Milledgeville.
    Case Number: A01A1629

    The mother had little contact with her children after they were placed in foster care, provided no financial support for the children and failed to meet her reunification require

  • Williamson v. Coastal Physician Servs. of the S.E. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-09-21
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance D. Lourie, Stephen R. Chance, Joseph W. Watkins Watkins, Lourie & Roll LLP, and Richard W. Summers, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . John K. Train IV Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial LLC, Robert D. McCallum Jr., Elizabeth Bertschi Alston & Bird, and Michael J. Hannan III Love & Willingham, Atlanta for appellees.
    Case Number: A01A1366

    A medical staffing service was not vicariously liable for the actions of its independent contractor who treatment plaintiff's husband in the emergency room two weeks before he

  • Coleman v. Grimes

    Publication Date: 2001-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Eldridge, Frank M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Josie L. Redwine, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald W. Huskins, Solicitor General, Eatonton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A01A1470

    Collateral estoppel barred the child's mother and step-father from relitigating their claims that the biological father abandoned the child or was not fit to assume his parental r

  • McCall v. Henry Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-07-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis A. Thurston Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert L. Goldstucker Nall, Miller, Owens, Hocutt & Howard, Atlanta, Rod G. Meadows and Bonnie L. Baker Meadows & Futch PC, Stockbridge, for appellee. Other party representation: Jack S. Schroder Jr., Kevin E. Grady, Angela T. Burnette Alston & Bird, Atlanta, and Mark L. Stuckey Law Offices of Charles L. Ruffin, Macon.
    Case Number: A01A0586

    A m center was not automatically immune under O.C.G.A. § 31-7-132 a from plaintiff's claim that it was negligent in granting m privileges to the surgeon who operated on plaintiff on the

  • Johnson v. Riverdale Anesthesia Assocs. PC

    Publication Date: 2001-04-20
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Hill Hill and Bleiberg, Atlanta, and Larry K. Evans Evans & Evans, Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: . H. Andrew Owen Jr. Harman, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney PC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A2110

    The trial court properly excluded plaintiffs' irrelevant questions regarding what a defense expert would personally have done under the circumstances since the applicable standard of care is one emp

  • Ajayi v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2001-03-30
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dawn G. Benson and Charles K. Wainright II Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless, Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry W. Brimberry Jr. Brimberry, Kaplan & Brimberry PC, Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A00A2471

    Defendant's failure to furnish plaintiff's medical records pursuant to plaintiff's request under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-97-1 tolled the statute of limitation on plaintiff's medical malpractice

  • Toal v. DeKalb Med. Ctr. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2001-01-05
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ruffin, John H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James C. Rawls, V. Robert Denham Jr., Sara K. Sledge and Holly A. Pierson Powell, Goldstein, Frazier & Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Thurbert Baker, Attorney General, William C. Joy, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Per B. Normark and Dennis R. Dunn, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1654, A00A1655

    Georgia's 1996 Medicaid reimbursement plan was invalid because the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance adopted the plan without make the findings necessary to insure that the plan provided for

  • Furlong v. Dyal

    Publication Date: 2000-11-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Mikell, Charles B.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: O. Wayne Ellerbee and John K. Edwards Sr., Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George T. Talley Coleman, Talley, Newbern, Kurrie, Preston & Holland, Matthew R. Lawrence and Susan H. Sumner, Valdosta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A00A1639

    Plaintiff who was injured in a multi-car collision proved causation through investigating officer's opinion that she was struck from b