EHCA CARTERSVILLE, LLC v. TURNER

Nos. S05A1560, S05A2066.

626 S.E.2d 482 (2006)

280 Ga. 333

EHCA CARTERSVILLE, LLC v. TURNER. Garland v. Earle et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel S. Reinhardt, Carmie Lee Ann McCurry, Michael Emmett Johnson, Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Robert G. Tanner, Rachel Alexis Fuerst, Terrance C. Sullivan, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Atlanta, for Appellant in No. S05A1560.

Laura M. Shamp, Brown & Shamp, Jonathan Marigliano, Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, P.C., David Frank Root, Thomas S. Carlock, Eric Jeffrey Frisch, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, L.L.P., Atlanta, for Appellee in No. S05A1560.

H. Andrew Owen Jr., Roger Edward Harris, Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, L.L.P., Atlanta, Charles Madden Cork III, Gambrell & Stolz, Macon, John T. Marshall, William V. Custer IV, Eric Peter Schroeder, Powell Goldstein, L.L.P., Atlanta, Amici curiae, in No. S05A1560.

Philip C. Henry, Wendy Goodwin Huray, Henry, Spiegel, Fried & Milling, L.L.P., Atlanta, for Appellant in No. S05A2066.

Thomas S. Carlock, Carlock, Copeland, Semler & Stair, L.L.P., Daniel James Huff, Huff, Powell & Bailey, Rolfe Millar Martin, Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, Terrance C. Sullivan, Rachel Alexis Fuerst, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Daniel S. Reinhardt, Michael Emmett Johnson, Thomas Ernest Borton IV, Troutman Sanders, L.L.P., Atlanta, for Appellees in No. S05A2066.

Charles Madden Cork III, Gambrell & Stolz, Macon, John T. Marshall, William V. Custer IV, Eric Peter Schroeder, Powell Goldstein, L.L.P., Atlanta, amici curiae, in No. S05A2066.


SEARS, Chief Justice.

We granted applications for interlocutory appeal in these two cases to consider the constitutionality of OCGA § 9-10-31(c) and of OCGA § 9-10-31.1(a), which were enacted as part of the Tort Reform Act of 2005.1 For the reasons that follow, we conclude that OCGA § 9-10-31(c) violates the provision of our Constitution providing for venue in actions against...

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