When ten OB-GYN doctors quit an Atlanta practice and opened shop next door, their former employer went to court - and lost.
The Georgia Court of Appeals on October 15, 2026 affirmed the denial of an interlocutory injunction - a temporary court order during litigation - that Peachtree Women’s Clinic (PWC) and its billing consortium, Atlanta Women’s Health Group (AWHG), sought to enforce non-competes against the departing physicians.
The physicians were PWC employees and AWHG shareholders. Their contracts barred them from providing OB-GYN services for two years within a five-mile radius of PWC and AWHG affiliate offices.
In November 2025, all ten resigned. At a December board meeting, they announced they were moving to Northside Hospital and would not comply with the non-competes. On February 3, 2026, an open letter from the physicians appeared on PWC’s Facebook page, telling patients “our name is changing” to “Peachtree Women’s Care of Northside” and listing five new offices - all, according to PWC and AWHG, within the restricted zone. One was allegedly in the same building as an existing PWC office.
PWC and AWHG sued the next day. The trial court denied the injunction after an expedited hearing.
The money told the story. AWHG’s exposure was a one percent management fee on PWC’s net revenue - roughly $150,000 a year. The trial court called that “easily quantifiable,” meaning damages could make AWHG whole. AWHG’s president and CEO had already said the departures would have...
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