Freeman v. Piedmont Hospital

264 Ga. 343 (1994)

FREEMAN et al.

v.

PIEDMONT HOSPITAL et al.

S93G1812.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 11, 1994.

Jerry B. Hatcher, for appellants.

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Sidney F. Wheeler, M. B. Satcher III, for appellees.

BENHAM, Presiding Justice.

Freeman, an anesthesiologist, and his professional corporation filed suit against Piedmont Hospital, its administrator, and Butler, the chairman of the hospital's anesthesiology department and a member of its credentials committee, alleging defamation and intentional interference with business relations. The basis of the suit was the…