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HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF VALDOSTA & LOWNDES CTY. v. MEEKS

Nos. A08A1199, A08A1200.

669 S.E.2d 667 (2008)

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF VALDOSTA AND LOWNDES COUNTY v. MEEKS et al. Meeks et al. v. Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reinhardt, Whitley, Wilmot, Summerlin & Pittman, Glenn Whitley, Tifton, Karen H. Summerlin, Tifton, Coleman, Talley, Newbern & Kurrie, Wade H. Coleman, Jr., Atlanta, Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, Thomas M. Burke, Jr., Anthony A. Rowell, Tifton, Walter H. New, Quitman, for appellant.

Adams, Jordan & Treadwell, Marc T. Treadwell, Macon, O. Wayne Ellerbee, Valdosta, for appellees.

ANDREWS, Judge.

Thurman Meeks's wife Jeannette died after a cardiac catheterization and stent placement procedure performed by Dr. Terry Tri at South Georgia Medical Center (SGMC). Meeks sued Tri and SGMC for medical malpractice and for damages arising from SGMC's credentialing and peer review processes. SGMC filed a motion to strike portions of the complaint, claiming that it violated OCGA §§ 31-7-133 and 31-7-143, relating to confidentiality of medical...

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