• In the Matter of Michael Frederick Greene.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-07
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: S24Y1164

    Court disbars attorney for abandonment of clients and violations of several rules of professional conduct

  • Au Medical Center, Inc. v. Dorothy Dale

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Damages | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Brewton, Robert Marcovitch, Jena Lombard, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Watson, (Watson Law Firm), Smyrna, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, William Smith, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, Minerva Steele, (Steele Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Jason Branch, (Philips Branch & Hodges), Columbus, Trent Speckhals, (Speckhals Law, P. C.), Atlanta, Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, Lisa Churvis, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Heistand & Prout), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A24A1027

    Court Affirms Denial of Apportionment of Damages in Medical Malpractice Case to Non-Parties That Were Originally Named But Were Subsequently Dismissed from the Case

  • Sangster v. McGillvary et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robbin Shipp, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Eldridge Suggs, (The Suggs Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Sparwath, Kyle Sparwath, (Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0987

    Further Review Necessary to Determine Whether State of Repose Applicable to Medical Malpractice Cases Was Tolled by Statewide Judicial Emergency Order

  • Georgia Association of Club Executives, Inc. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2024-12-13
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Stuart Freed, Thomas Christopher Grant, Daniel Yijie Wang, (Freed Grant LLC), Atlanta, John Thomas Morgan, III, (Law Offices of Tom Morgan), Decatur, Alexander Volokh, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Warren Bergethon, Ronald Joseph Stay, Jr., Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0726

    Court affirms constitutionality of statute that imposes assessments on adult entertainment establishments

  • Northside Hospital, Inc. v. Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rozier, Sanford Moore, Charlotte Combre, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Roger Hatcher, Matthew Smith, (Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A.), Gainesville, Robert Highsmith, (Highsmith V. Highsmith), Baxley, Robert Highsmith, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Armando Basarrate, David Darden, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Cole, (Welchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, Charles Thimmesch, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Stacey Hillock, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A1081

    Court remands Certificate of Need decision in a challenge brought by competing health care centers and directs Department of Community Health to apply the proper standard

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  • Premier Pediatric Providers, LLC v. Kennesaw Pediatrics, P. C.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Hall, (Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz), for appellant.
    for defendant: David Michell, James Sherman, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0857

    Claim of Scrivener's Error No Defense to Assertion of Membership Right Where Contract Was Clear and Unambiguous

  • Geary et al. v. Estate of Tapley et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-06
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmitte Griggs, David Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Randolph Powell, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell & Bailey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. DuBose, (DuBose Law Group LLC), Madison, James Sadd, Daniel Epstein, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Brittain Hunt, (Pulliam Law Group), Covington, for appellee; Leitra Maxwell, (Forrest B. Johnson & Associates), Macon, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0978

    Court affirms $15 million medical malpractice award for prolonged pain and suffering after surgical negligence, and rejects defendant's challenges to jury instructions and size of award

  • Gordon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Malone, (Appellate Division, Georgia Pubic Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0926

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and related Crimes, rejecting defendant's challenges to sufficiency and admissibility of evidence, jury selection, and effectiveness of counsel

  • In re: Suzanne Peavy Walbert, Proposed Ward

    Publication Date: 2024-12-05
    Practice Area: Elder Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: LeAnne Gilbert, Craig Frankel, (Gaslowitz Frankel LLC), Atlanta, Teresa Pesce, Wilton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry MacDougald, Lauren Miller, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & DeLoach LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Mercedes Murrell, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Angela Daniel, (Premier Care Management), Atlanta, Luanne Bonnie, (Bonnie Law, LLC), Decatur, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0847

    Court affirms appointment of a neutral guardian and conservator, and rejects claims of procedural errors by proposed ward's children

  • Othman v. Navicent Health Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Employment Compliance | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A24A0868

    Private Hospital's Internal Policies Did Not Create Duty Upon Which Tort Action Could Independently Lie