Katheryn Hayes Tucker

February 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"This is a case that goes back to the importance of being properly trained and current and certified," said aviation litigator Mike Andrews of Beasley Allen. He, Dana Taunton and Rob Register represent the family of Lauren Harrington, who was killed in the crash of the plane her boss was flying.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

February 17, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The decision below is an invitation to litigants to seek to depose top executives in virtually every Georgia case in which a business is a named party," Chilton Varner of King & Spalding said in an amicus brief on behalf of Coca-Cola, Delta and UPS supporting GM.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

February 16, 2022 | Daily Report Online

In a case against Ford over a pickup truck's entire restraint system, the Georgia Supreme Court is being asked to reconsider what has been called the state's "seat belt gag rule."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

February 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"From the moment Justice Nahmias arrived, the court became a 'hot bench,' and it has been that way ever since," said appellate specialist Naveen Ramachandrappa of Bondurant Mixson & Elmore.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

8 minute read

February 14, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Andrew Pinson clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, as well as U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Judge David Sentelle. He also worked for Jones Day in Washington, D.C., before joining the Georgia Attorney General's Office, where he served as solicitor general.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

February 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The outcome of the appeal will determine payment of the $50 million punitive damages jury award from the case at hand, plus all others after it exceeding the current $250,000 limit, according to the plaintiff's lawyers.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

February 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Nahmias' surprise move hands another judicial position over to Gov. Brian Kemp to fill—taking it out of the nonpartisan judicial election in May. The chief justice said he would step down in mid-July.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

February 09, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Last July 1, the statewide judicial emergency order ended, along with the governor's statewide Public Health Emergency," Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice David Nahmias said. Since then, the chief judges of the state's 50 judicial circuits have taken different approaches to pandemic safety.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

February 08, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The Atlanta Braves canceled 102 games during the 2020 baseball season due to COVID. Those games were just canceled forever, not postponed to be resolved later like court cases have to be," Chief Justice David Nahmias told the Georgia General Assembly during the State of the Judiciary address Tuesday.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

February 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We are planning on in-person oral arguments on Feb. 15 and 17, although we can convert to Zoom arguments if necessary," Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice David Nahmias said Monday.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read