Richardson v. Gilbert

Barnes, Presiding Judge.

We granted the defendant’s application for interlocutory appeal of the trial court’s order granting the plaintiff’s motion to transfer venue in this wrongful death medical malpractice case. Because the defendant waived her venue defense, the plaintiff could not require the trial court to transfer the case to the county where the defendant resided when the suit was filed. Accordingly, we reverse.

*73Cherryl Gilbert filed this action against 11 defendants in Fulton County in November 2003.1 In 2008, the trial court granted summary judgment to Tenet Healthcare Corporation,…