Legal Opinion
Cohen v. ADVANCED MEDICAL GROUP OF GEORGIA, INC.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 9, 1998No. S98A0157PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
Advanced Medical Group of Georgia, Inc. (AMG) brought suit against Paul Cohen, M.D., alleging libel, slander, and violation of the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA), OCGA § 10-1-372 et seq. AMG asserted that in the course of Cohen’s communications with public officials, law enforcement agencies and AMG clients (who were also Cohen’s patients), Cohen had made disparaging statements that AMG had overcharged, defrauded and intimidated patients and that Cohen had not been paid by AMG for medical ser vices Cohen had provided the patients. AMG sought an interlocutory…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Pittman v. Cohn Communities, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Brannon v. AMERICAN MICRO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1986
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