SMITH v. NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL, INC.

S16G1463.

807 S.E.2d 909 (2017)

SMITH v. NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: November 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Crane Canfield , Brian Charles Lea , JONES DAY , 1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3053, for Appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker , Attorney General, Bryan Eugene Bates , James Randolph Evans , Nathan L. Garroway , DENTONS US LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 5300, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Stephen Derek Bauer , Ian Kyle Byrnside , James C. Rawls , BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP, 1170 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2400, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellees.

David E. Hudson , HULL BARRETT, PC, 801 Broad Street, Seventh Floor, Augusta, Georgia 30901, James Brian Ellington , HULL BARRETT, PC, P.O. Box 1564, Augusta, Georgia 30903, Steven Elliot Scheer , SCHEER MONTGOMERY & CALL, PC, 8 East Liberty Street, Savannah, Georgia 31412, Sarah Renee Craig , Akerman LLP, 401 E. Jackson Street, Suite 1700, Tampa, Florida 33602, for Amicus Appellant.

Lee Barrett Carter , BRINSON, ASKEW, BERRY, SEIGLER, RICHARDSON & DAVIS, LLP, P.O. Box 5007, Rome, Georgia 30162-5007, Norman S. Fletcher , BRINSON ASKEW BERRY SEIGLER RICHARDSON & DAVIS, LLP, P.O. Box 5007, Rome, Georgia 30161, Jonathan C. Peters , PETERS & MONYAK, LLP, 950 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E., One Atlanta Plaza, Suite 2275, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Steven P. Gilliam , Roger Brent Hatcher, Jr. , SMITH, GILLIAM, WILLIAMS & MILES, PA, P.O. Box 1098, Gainesville, Georgia 30503, Kelly Jean Long   Pridgen, G. Joseph Scheuer , Assistant General Counsels, Association County Commissioners of Georgia, 191 Peachtree, N.E., Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Amicus Appellee.

Annette M. Cowart , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sarah Hawkins Warren , Solicitor-General, Russell David Willard , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Neutral Amicus.

Charles T. Huddleston , S. Wade Malone , Jessica Rutledge Watson , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, 201 17th Street, NW, Suite 1700, Atlanta, Georgia 30363, Jeremy Patrick Burnette , POLSINELLI, P.C., 1201 W. Peachtree Street, Suite 1100, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Sidney Summers Welch , POLSINELLI, P.C., 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1100, Atlanta, Georgia 30363-1031, Edward Charles Konieczny , Edward C. Konieczny LLC, 400 Colony Square, Suite 1501, 1201 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30361, for Other Party.


A government agency owns and operates a large and complex hospital as part of its mission to provide healthcare throughout Fulton County. Perhaps concerned that providing healthcare might not be the sweet spot of government competence, the agency decides that a private, nonprofit corporation should be created to do it instead...

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