April 01, 2026
Emory Healthcare and the Atlanta Falcons defeated a Black doctor's lawsuit claiming he was denied leadership opportunities and then abruptly fired as the NFL team's head doctor, with a Georgia federal judge ruling his allegations were too flimsy to stay in court.
October 10, 2024
A Georgia federal judge has ruled that a doctor's amended complaint for his discrimination, retaliation and defamation lawsuit against Emory Healthcare Inc. and the Atlanta Falcons Football Club mooted their motions to dismiss the doctor's claims against them.
August 13, 2024
The NFL's Atlanta Falcons have asked a Georgia federal judge to throw out claims by its former head physician against it as part of a broader civil rights lawsuit against Emory Healthcare, calling the doctor's complaint "unintelligible" and a "quintessential shotgun pleading."
August 05, 2024
Emory Healthcare Inc. has asked a Georgia federal judge to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit brought against it by the former head medical physician for the NFL team Atlanta Falcons.
June 05, 2024
A former head medical physician for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, who is Black, has filed a defamation and civil rights lawsuit against Emory Healthcare Inc. and the team, alleging he was continuously denied leadership opportunities in favor of white colleagues before abruptly being fired.