Legal Opinion
Allen v. Wright
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 14, 2007No. S06G2018PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Justice.
Ernestine Wright filed a medical malpractice action against Dr. Thomas Allen and others (Appellants). In ostensible compliance with OCGA § 9-11-9.2, Ms. Wright executed an authorization to release her medical records, which she filed contemporaneously with her complaint. Appellants moved to dismiss on the ground that the authorization did not satisfy the requirements of OCGA § 9-11-9.2 in several particulars. Appellants’ objections included the failure of the document to authorize their attorneys to communicate with her *10treating physicians outside the presence of and without…
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