ALBANY UROLOGY CLINIC, P.C. v. CLEVELAND

No. S99G0600.

528 S.E.2d 777 (2000)

272 Ga. 296

ALBANY UROLOGY CLINIC, P.C. et al. v. CLEVELAND et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied April 13, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Watson, Spence, Lowe & Chambless, Thomas S. Chambless, Dawn G. Benson, Donaldson, Bell & Pickett, George P. Donaldson III, Albany, Tillman, McTier, Coleman & Talley, Wade H. Coleman, Valdosta, for appellants.

William S. Stone, Blakely, T. Craig Earnest, Assistant District Attorney, for appellees.

Troutman Sanders, Harold G. Clarke, Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, John E. Hall, Jr., Jonathan Marigliano, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry, Frank M. Lowrey IV, Rogers & Hardin, Robert B. Remar, Webb, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, Thomas S. Carlock, Thrasher, Whitley, Hampton & Morgan, Robert E. Whitley, William M. Earnest, Jr., Alston & Bird, Jack S. Schroder, Jr., Angela T. Burnette, David A. Cook, William T. Clark, Atlanta, Tisinger, Tisinger, Vance & Greer, David H. Tisinger, Richard G. Tisinger, Jr., Carrollton, for amicus appellant.


SEARS, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to consider the Court of Appeals' ruling that a patient was authorized to bring a claim against a physician for the latter's failure to disclose his use of illegal drugs.1 The evidence of record indicates that during the general time of the patient's treatment, the physician used drugs outside of work and when he was not on call. In its ruling, the Court of Appeals concluded that one who suffers injury...

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