Legal Opinion
BOWDEN v. THE MEDICAL CENTER (And Vice Versa)
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 29, 2020No. S19G0494, S19G0496PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
309 Ga. 188
FINAL COPY S19G0494, S19G0496. BOWDEN et al. v. THE MEDICAL CENTER, INC.; and vice versa. MELTON, Chief Justice. In The Med. Center v. Bowden,
348 Ga. App. 165, 168
( 820 SE2d 289) (2018), the Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the Superior Court of Muscogee County to certify a class action lawsuit against The Medical Center, Inc. (“TMC”). The class representatives are uninsured patients who received medical treatment from TMC and who claimed that TMC charged them unreasonable rates for their medical care, which rates TMC then used as a basis for filing hospital liens against…
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