Georgia Court of Appeals

Gwinnett Hospital System Inc. et al.. v. Muriel Hoover

A16A0657 May 12, 2016 Affirmed

Automated case summary

What the court decided

The legal issue involved whether a patient's journal containing communications with an associate professional counselor was privileged under Georgia law. The Georgia Court of Appeals held that the journal is absolutely privileged because the associate professional counselor acted as an agent of the licensed professional counselor.