Legal Opinion
Chatham Orthopaedic Surgery Center, LLC v. Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 15, 2003No. A03A0303PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Phipps, Judge.
A professional association of orthopedic surgeons formed two business entities to operate an ambulatory surgery center. The State Health Planning Agency permitted them to build and operate the surgery center without obtaining a certificate of need, an action which an association of hospitals opposed. As a result of that opposition, the surgeons sued the hospital association for tortious interference with business relations. The association moved to dismiss on the ground that the complaint had not been verified as required by Georgia’s Anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public…
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