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266 Ga. App. 709

598 S.E.2d 6

Cooper v. Binion

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 18, 2004

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 2004-02-18

Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently September 2014

7 state decisions

Relies on 250 Ga. App. 371 - Cannon v. Jeffries

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Decided 2004-02-18

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SMITH, Chief Judge,

¶1concurring specially.

¶2I concur fully with Division 1 and with the result reached in Division 2.1 write separately because I do not agree with all that is said in Division 2.

¶3The hospital submitted positive evidence that a sign was posted in the admissions area reciting that doctors were independent contractors. In concluding that factual issues exist as to whether a sign was indeed posted, the majority relies on the testimony of one witness that he did not recall seeing such a sign, in addition to the fact that “there was no testimony that either Cooper or his wife saw” a sign. This circumstantial evidence has no probative value against the positive, uncontradicted evidence presented by the hospital concerning the existence of a sign. See, e.g., Cannon v. Jeffries, 250 Ga. App. 371, 375 (551 SE2d 777) (2001). Contrary to the majority’s conclusion, no factual issue exists as to the existence of a sign. The hospital has established this fact. Whether the sign was conspicuously posted, however, is a factual question that must be resolved by the jury.

¶4I am authorized to state that Presiding Judge Ruffin joins in this special concurrence.

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