ROCKDALE HOSPITAL, LLC v. EVANS (Two Cases)

306 Ga. 847

FINAL COPY S18G1189, S18G1190. ROCKDALE HOSPITAL, LLC v. EVANS et al.; and vice versa. BETHEL, Justice. We granted certiorari in Case Number S18G1189 to consider (1) the standard that appellate courts should apply when reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a claim under OCGA § 51-12-12, and (2) whether the Court of Appeals properly applied that standard in this case. In Case Number S18G1190, we asked whether it was error for the Court of Appeals to remand the case for a retrial on both liability and damages, assuming the proper standard of review had been applied. We conclude that…