Georgia Baptist Health Care System, Inc. v. Hanafi

Ellington, Judge.

Appellants Georgia Baptist Health Care System, Inc. (“Georgia Baptist”) and Arnall, Golden & Gregory, LLP (“AGG”) 1 challenge the trial court’s order disqualifying AGG as Georgia Baptist’s defense counsel in this suit brought by Dr. Magdi Hanafi to reinstate his medical privileges. We granted an interlocutory appeal to consider whether the trial court properly determined that AGG should be disqualified based upon a conflict in representation. Because the evidence adduced reveals that Hanafi waived the conflict, the trial court should have denied the motion. For this reason,…