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.