COLQUITT COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY v. Health Star, Inc.

Fletcher, Justice.

Colquitt County Hospital Authority, (“authority”), appeals from the trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment to Health Star, Inc. and imposition of an injunction against the authority, permanently enjoining it from engaging, directly or indirectly, in certain health care related activities. We reverse.

The authority is a governmental entity created pursuant to what is now the Hospital Authorities Law (OCGA § 31-7-70 et seq.; Ga. L. 1964, p. 499). Health Star, Inc. filed suit against the authority, alleging, in part, that the authority was engaging, either directly or…