Legal Opinion
Daugherty v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 15, 1988No. 76347PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Banke, Presiding Judge.
Daugherty sued the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), alleging that it had unlawfully discharged him from his employment as a transit policeman in violation of the Georgia Equal Employment for the Handicapped Code, OCGA § 34-6A-1 et seq. He also sued a physician retained by MARTA, Dr. Tom S. Howell, Jr., seeking damages for medical malpractice and tortious interference with his employment based on a medical opinion the latter had given to MARTA, upon which MARTA had relied in discharging him. MARTA was granted summary judgment in the action, prompting…
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