SOUTHEASTERN PAIN SPECIALISTS v. BROWN

S17G0732, S17G0733, S17G0737.

811 S.E.2d 360 (2018)

SOUTHEASTERN PAIN SPECIALISTS, P.C. v. BROWN et al. Doherty v. Brown et al. Southeastern Pain Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC v. Brown et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Curtis Anderson , DOWNEY & CLEVELAND, LLP, Marietta, Attorneys for the Appellant (Case No. S17G0732).

James Nicholas Sadd , Daniel Marshall Epstein , Edward Malcum Wynn, III , SLAPPEY & SADD, LLC, John E. Hall, Jr. , Nichole Lee Hair , HALL BOOTH SMITH, P.C., Frank Mitchell Lowrey, IV , Robert Lawrence Ashe, III , BONDURANT, MIXSON & ELMORE, LLP, David Frank Root , OARLOCK, COPELAND & STAIR, LLP, Neil Edwards , ATTORNEY AT LAW, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellee (Case No. S17G0732).

John E. Hall, Jr. , Nichole Lee Hair , Steven Maher Harkins , HALL BOOTH SMITH, P.C., Nathan Alexander Gaffney , FRIED ROGERS GOLDBERG, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellant (Case No. S17G0733).

William Curtis Anderson , DOWNEY & CLEVELAND, LLP, Marietta, Robert Lawrence Ashe, III , Frank Mitchell Lowrey, IV , Michael Rosen Baumrind , BONDURANT, MIXSON & ELMORE, LLP, Daniel Marshall Epstein , Edward Malcum Wynn, III , James Nicholas Sadd , SLAPPEY & SADD LLC, David Frank Root , OARLOCK, COPELAND & STAIR, LLP, Neil Edwards , ATTORNEY AT LAW, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellee (Case No. S17G0733).

James S.V. Weston , TROTTER JONES, LLP, Augusta, Sarah Brown Akins , ELLIS PAINTER RATTERREE & ADAMS LLP, Savannah, Martin Adam Levinson , HAWKINS PARNELL THACKSTON & YOUNG LLP, Atlanta, Garret Warrington Meader , DREW ECKL & FARNHAM LLP, Brunswick, Attorneys for the Amicus Appellant (Case No. 517G0733).

John David Hadden , TURKHEIMER & HADDEN, LLC, Michael Alexander Prieto , PRIETO MARIGLIANO HOLBERT & PRIETO, LLC, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Amicus Appellee (Case No. S17G0733).

Ann Baird Bishop , SPONSLOR, BISHOP, KOREN & HAMMER, PA, Michael James Walker , Assistant General Counsel, ATLANTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SYSTEM, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Other Party (Case No. S17G0733).

Robert Lawrence Ashe, III , Frank Mitchell Lowrey, IV , Michael Rosen Baumrind , BONDURANT, MIXSON & ELMORE, LLP, David Frank Root , OARLOCK, COPELAND & STAIR, LLP, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellant (Case No. S17G0737).

James Nicholas Sadd , Edward Malcum Wynn, III , Daniel Marshall Epstein , SLAPPEY & SADD, LLC, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellee (Case No. S17G0737).

William Curtis Anderson , DOWNEY & CLEVELAND, LLP, Marietta, John E. Hall, Jr. , Nichole Lee Hair , HALL BOOTH SMITH, P.C., Michael James Walker , Assistant General Counsel, ATLANTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SYSTEM, Ann Baird Bishop , SPONSLOR, BISHOP, KOREN & HAMMER, PA, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Other Party (Case No. S17G0737).


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