Despite repeated requests from Erlanger Health System, a lawyer for Hutcheson Medical Center says his side has no more information to disclose.
Georgia Rep. Tom Weldon, R-Ringgold, filed a response March 3 to Erlanger’s motion for discovery in U.S. District Court. The two hospitals have been suing each other for two years, and Erlanger has demanded documents from Hutcheson it believes would help it prepare for a trial.
This is the third time Hutcheson has responded to Erlanger’s request. The first two times, Hutcheson provided documents. This time, Weldon said, there is no information left to give.
Technically, Weldon represents the Hospital Authority of Catoosa, Dade and Walker counties – the board that governs Hutcheson. Weldon’s father, Dr. Darrell Weldon, is on that board.
“There are no other known documents that are responsive to the request,” Tom Weldon wrote in a recent affidavit.