Legal Opinion
Kight v. McG Health, Inc.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 2, 2015No. S14G0603PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
In MCG Health, Inc. v. Right, 325 Ga. App. 349 (750 SE2d 813) (2013), the Court of Appeals held that MCG Health, Inc. (Hospital) was not precluded from filing a hospital lien, see OCGA § 44-14-470 et seq., in order to collect charges associated with the treatment of Christopher Eight. Specifically, the Court of Appeals found that, as a matter of fact, the trial court erred in its determination that the lien was invalid because there was no debt owing at the time it was filed. Concomitantly, the Court of Appeals held that the trial court’s related grant of attorney fees to…
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