Legal Opinion
Geer v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 6, 2020No. S19G1265PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
310 Ga. 279
FINAL COPY S19G1265. GEER v. PHOEBE PUTNEY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. BETHEL, Justice. In Geer v. Phoebe Putney Health System,
350 Ga. App. 127, 128
( 828 SE2d 108) (2019), the Court of Appeals held that Georgia’s anti- SLAPP statute, OCGA § 9-11-11.1, could not be invoked to strike a counterclaim for attorney fees brought under OCGA § 50-18-73 (b) in response to a suit to enforce a request under Georgia’s Open Records Act. We granted certiorari to consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in that determination. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the Court of…
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