• Kunkel et al. v. Hillman

    Publication Date: 2024-08-12
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred Malena, (The Malena Law Firm, LLC), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Strickland, John McCall, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0515

    Court reverses denial of motion to add a party to a breach of contract complaint and vacates summary judgment as to a personal defendant

  • Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool v. Carpet Cycle, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-12
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Gorby, Amy Burns, Whitney Arp, (Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine Koura, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, George Waters, (Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Marion Waters, Alexis West, (Eraclides Gelman Hall Indek Goodman & Waters LLC), Lawrenceville, Barton Solomon, (McMahan Law Firm), Dalton, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0103

    Court affirms and partially reverses decisions involving insurance insolvency pool reimbursement claims and remands for review of constitutional due process issues

  • Zammit et al. v. Hobson & Hobson, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, Leslie Hartnett, Jessica Jackson, (FordHarrison, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Oladimeji Ogunsola, (Ichter Davis LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0585

    Court affirms denial of a of motion to dismiss breach of contract and tortious nterference claims in a matter involving former law firm employees' breach of a non-solicitation policy

  • Finch v. Walden

    Publication Date: 2024-08-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Long, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Overstreet, Katherine Williams, (Klosinski Overstreet, LLP), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0269

    Court affirms temporary custody order in favor of father, rejecting due process and habeas corpus challenges by mother

  • Cotton v. Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Autry, Blaine Norris, (Blaine A. Norris PC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Heath, Matthew, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, John Schultz, (Wood Craig Miller, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1457

    Court affirms summary judgment for employer, finding no vicarious liability for employee's actions during lunch break

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  • 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

  • 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

  • Rafac v. Jiangsu Linhai Power Machinery Group Corporation

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Swift, (Andersen, Tate, Carr), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0092

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury complaint against ATV manufacturer due to improper service, concluding that a deposition of a registered agent was timely

  • Morney v. Kiker et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Michelman, (Foy & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, Steven Grunberg, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1473

    Court reverses dismissal of amended complaint and motion to add a deputy sheriff as a defendant in a per precedent that notice to the County gave notice to the sheriff

  • Griffin v. The Emory Clinic Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-19
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Premises Liability
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Francis Kadiri, (Francis O Kadiri LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Sparwath, Tyler Jones, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0073

    Court partially reverses dismissal in professional malpractice and negligence lawsuit, concluding that negligence claims could proceed without an expert affidavit