GLIEMMO v. COUSINEAU

No. S09A1807.

694 S.E.2d 75 (2010)

GLIEMMO et al. v. COUSINEAU et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oates & Courville, Samuel W. Oates, Jr., Traci G. Courville, Columbus; Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Michael B. Terry, Nicole G. Iannarone, Kamal Ghali, Atlanta, for appellants.

Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Roger S. Sumrall; Carlock, Copeland & Stair, Wade K. Copeland, Ashley E. Sexton, Atlanta, for appellees.

Alston Bird, Angela T. Burnette, Donna P. Bergeson; Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, H. Andrew Owen, Jr., Jonathan C. Lippert, Amy J. Kolczak, Atlanta, amici curiae.


CARLEY, Presiding Justice.

Carol and Robert Gliemmo (Appellants) brought a medical malpractice action against emergency room doctor Mark Cousineau, Emergency Medical Specialists of Columbus, P.C., and St. Francis Hospital, Inc. (Appellees). After Appellees answered the complaint, Appellants filed a challenge to the constitutionality of OCGA § 51-1-29.5(c), which provides:

In an action involving a health care liability claim arising out of the provision...

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