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  • High West, LLC v. Reese

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Groth, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Suwanee, Eric Jorgensen, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Long, (Burrow & Associates, LLC), Duluth, Bethany Lavigno, (Bethany Lavigno, PC), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0201

    Court reverses denial of landlord's summary judgment motion in a premises liability case and rules that landlord not liable as an out-of-possession landlord under OCGA § 44-7-14

  • Medernix, LLC v. Snowden et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Webb, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, Brandon Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Zachary Matthews, Elenore Klingler, Luke Kennedy, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP), Alpharetta, for appellee; Jason Slate, (Ali Awad Law PC), Atlanta, Yasha Heidari, Evan Smith, (Heidari Power Law Group LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1046

    Court vacates production order in a dispute over discovery of medical records and remands for a more limited report in a car accident and injury case

  • L'Oreal USA, Inc. et al. v. Burroughs

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Eason, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, Dennis Ellis, Katherine Murray, Nicholas Begakis, (Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP), Los Angeles, David Clarke, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nkosi Bey, (Bey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Elizabeth Stone, Darren Summerville, Alison Currie, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Tina Bullock, (Bullock Ward Mason), Acworth, Danielle Mason, (Bullock Ward Mason), Atlanta, for appellee; Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Lori Leskin, (Arnold & Porter), Newyork, Leah Schultz, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Rhonda Trotter, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Ronald Masterson, Candis Jones, (Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Donna Welch, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Chicago, Sierra Elizabeth, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Los Angeles, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0313

    Court addresses statute of repose and preemption issues and affirms in part, reverses in part, and remands product liability and fraud claims in chemical hair relaxer product liability case

  • Wilson v. Allied Paving Contractors, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Darneille, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, Scott Harrison, (Monge & Associates), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Bret Moore Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Darneille, John Wooten, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Ernest Woods, (Oliver & Weidner, LLC), Clarkesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0394

    Court reverses summary judgment that had favored defendants in an accident case, finding questions of fact as to a duty to warn motorists of dangers from colliding with a cow left on highway

  • Szymanski v. Truist Bank

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Autry, (Blaine A. Norris, PC d/b/a Norris Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexandria Capers, (Hayt Hayt Landau, P.L.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0502

    Court rules that a judgment and fi.fa. on a debt had become dormant because bank failed to comply with OCGA § 9-12-60 (a) (3), and reverses denial of debtor's motion to vacate

  • Arroyo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Mitchell Mobley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0483

    Court affirms rape conviction over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error regarding consent, insufficiency of evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Troupe v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Mitchell, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, James Mitchell, (J Todd Mitchell Law Firm, LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0065

    Court reverses a resentencing order due to improper use of rejected plea admissions in a case involving new charges brought against a defendant who was already serving a probated sentence

  • Woods v. Heath

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Barrow, (Barrow & Ballew, P.C.), Savannah, Thomas Byrne, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Dolder, James Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Seth Diamond, (Morgan & Morgan, P.A.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0161

    Court reverses judgment in a car accident case and remands for a new trial due to improper disclosure by plaintiff's counsel of defendant's liability insurance

  • Azizan v. Hajianbarzi

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fazail Azizan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Johnson, (Samuel Johnson and Associates), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0542

    Court vacates attorney fees award in case involving a petition for a temporary protective order due to lack of statutory basis for award and dismissal of petition beyond statutory timeframe

  • Meritage Homes of Georgia, Inc. v. Jones et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Scoggins, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Joseph Mitchell, (Miles Hansford and Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Daughdrill, (Giacoma, Roberts & Daughdrill, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Gregory Jay, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0001

    Court reverses judgment and remands case for parties to effectuate the litigants' settlement agreement that was finalized after the appellants file their appeal