Charlie Bridges v. Akshay Gupta et al.

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What the court decided

The issue and key facts are as follows: Plaintiff's Counsel failed to disclose a post-mortem analysis of Annie Bridges' pacemaker, which was relevant to the case, and instead waited until after the verdict to reveal its existence. The trial court awarded attorney fees to Dr. Gupta and his medical practice under OCGA §§ 9-15-14(b) and 9-11-37(d), finding that Plaintiff's Counsel had abused discovery procedures. The holding and result are as follows: The Georgia Court of Appeals vacated the attorney fees order and remanded the matter to the trial court, agreeing with the trial court's conclusion that the post-mortem report was responsive to discovery requests and that Plaintiff's Counsel had a duty to disclose it.