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MORELAND v. AUSTIN

No. S08G0498.

670 S.E.2d 68 (2008)

MORELAND et al. v. AUSTIN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 15, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don C. Keenan, Allan L. Galbraith, Charles H. Allen, for appellants.

Green & Sapp, Henry D. Green Jr., Atlanta, for appellees.

O'Neal, Brown & Sizemore, Jarome E. Gautreaux, Macon, Lee T. Wallace, Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, Tracy M. Field, Ashley S. Kelly, Robert T. Strang III, Atlanta, amici curiae.

THOMPSON, Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Austin v. Moreland, 288 Ga.App. 270, 653 S.E.2d 347 (2007), to determine whether, in a medical malpractice case, the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") precludes defendant's attorneys from informally interviewing plaintiff's prior treating physicians. The short answer is "yes."

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