KENNESTONE HOSPITAL v. EMORY UNIVERSITY

S22G1282.

897 S.E.2d 772 (2024)

KENNESTONE HOSPITAL, INC. d/b/a WellStar Windy Hill Hospital v. EMORY UNIVERSITY d/b/a Emory University Hospital Smyrna, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 6, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Boone Darden , Grace Park Blood , Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 3600, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Robert D. Ingram , David Patrick Conley , Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP, 326 Roswell Street, Suite 100, Marietta, Georgia 30060, Amy Levin Weil , The Weil Firm, LLC, 511 East Paces Ferry Rd, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Armando Luis Basarrate, II , Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 3600, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Appellant.

Robert Charles Threlkeld , Elliott Leigh Coward , Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, 1600 Atlanta Financial Center, 3343 Peachtree Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Stacey Ann Hillock , Georgia Department of Community Health, Office of the Commissioner, 40th Floor, 2 Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote , Deputy Attorney General, Jeffrey William Stump , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Charles K. Thimmesch , Cathelynn Tio , Stephen John Petrany , Solicitor-General, James Edward Barrett , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, for Appellant.


In Georgia, if someone wants to build a hospital or offer new or different health services there, they need a certificate of need (CON) from the Department of Community Health. See OCGA § 31-6-40. This case is ultimately about whether Windy Hill Hospital needs a CON to change from a long-term care hospital to a short-term care...

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