HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF GWINNETT CTY. v. Rapson

Adams, Judge.

Following our grant of its application for interlocutory appeal, The Hospital Authority of Gwinnett County appeals the trial court’s order transferring the case from the State Court of Gwinnett County to the State Court of Fulton County. We affirm for the reasons that follow.

In 2001, Lois and Robert Rapson filed a medical malpractice action in Fulton County, the defendant physician’s county of residence. Almost four years later, in reliance on the recently enacted OCGA § 9-10-31 (c), the Hospital moved to transfer the case to the State Court of Gwinnett County on the grounds that…