Thompson v. Macon-Bibb County Hospital Authority

Nichols, Justice.

This court granted certiorari to review the decision in Thompson v. Macon-Bibb County Hospital Authority, 154 Ga. App. 766 (270 SE2d 46) (1980). The case arose when the Bibb County Grand Jury, after investigating charges against an employee of the Medical Center of Central Georgia, returned an indictment against the employee and subsequently issued a report critical of the conduct of the staff and administration at the Medical Center. The trial court ordered the report expunged and the Court of Appeals affirmed. This Court affirms.

The powers of the grand jury are set out in…