Walker v. Gwinnett Hospital System, Inc.

Miller, Judge.

Gwinnett Hospital System, Inc. (the hospital) sued Dr. Carol Walker to recover monies the hospital loaned to Dr. Walker while she was beginning her medical practice. Dr. Walker defended on the grounds that the six-year statute of limitation had run and that she was entitled to a set-off for the hospital’s preventing her from hiring an associate physician, who would have increased her revenues and thereby assisted her in paying off the loan earlier. The trial court granted summary judgment to the hospital and entered judgment against Dr. Walker in the principal amount outstanding…