Thomas v. Tenet Healthsystem Gb, Inc.

MERCIER, Judge.

Lorrine Thomas appeals the trial court’s partial grant of summary judgment to Atlanta Medical Center (“AMC”). She argues that the trial court erred when it found that two physicians were independent contractors and when it concluded that AMC was not a joint venturer with its co-defendants. We affirm in part and vacate in part, and remand.

In May 2012, Thomas was involved in a car accident. At the scene of the accident, Thomas was placed on a backboard by paramedics and taken by ambulance to AMC. Dr. Robin Lowman was Thomas’s physician when she arrived at AMC’s emergency room,…