EPPS v. ST. MARY'S HOSP. OF ATHENS, INC.

No. 85-8952.

802 F.2d 412 (1986)

Roger Dwain EPPS, Samuel Lilburn Stone, III, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL OF ATHENS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert M. Pearson, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gary B. Blasingame, Athens, Ga., for St. Mary's.

J.M. Hudgins, IV, Alan L. Newman, Arnold Wright, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for Maddox, Smith, Decker, Huff, Tiller.

Before KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 26, 1986.

TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the grant of summary judgment on appellants' claim for actual and punitive damages under the federal wiretapping statute, Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 2510-2520. Appellants brought suit when their telephone conversation was recorded by an employee of St. Mary's Hospital and subsequently listened...

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