HOSP. AUTH. OF WAYNE v. AMERISOURCEBERGEN

S23Q0486.

891 S.E.2d 786 (2023)

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF WAYNE COUNTY v. AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORPORATION, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 21, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Bunnell Smith , Smith, Phelps & Murray, 356 E. Cherry Street, Jesup, Georgia 31546, for Appellant.

Eileen Elizabeth H. Rumfelt , Elizabeth J Marquardt , Miller & Martin, PLLC, 1180 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 2100, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Robert Foust Parsley , Miller & Martin, PLLC, 832 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1200, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402, Robert A. Nicholas , Shannon E. McClure , Reed Smith LLP, Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3100, Philidelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, Enu A. Mainigi , Jennifer G. Wright , Steven Pyser , Ashley Hardin , Williams & Connolly LLP, 680 Maine Ave SW, Washington, DC 20024, Harold David Melton , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, 600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Christopher Randall Jordan , Randall A. Jordan , Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn, 455 Sea Island Road, St. Simons Island, Georgia 31522, Geoffrey E. Hobart , Mark H. Lynch , Christian J. Pistilli , Covington & Burling LLP, One City Center, 850 Tenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001, Jacqueline Tandy Menk , Baker & Hostetler LLP, 1170 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2400, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Yosef G. Schaffel , Elaine P. Golin , Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, 51 West 52nd Street, Floor 34, New York, New York 10019, Elizabeth C. Helm , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, 201 17th Street, N.W., Suite 1700, Atlanta, Georgia 30363-1044, Charles C. Lifland , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, 400 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071, for Appellee.

William Wright Banks, Jr. , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Ross Warren Bergethon , Deputy Solicitor-General, Stephen John Petrany , Solicitor-General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Wayne R. Beckermann , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, for Amicus Appellee.

David Cohen , 24400 Chagrin Boulevard, Suite 300, Cleveland, Ohio 44122, for Other Party.


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