• City of Milton v. Chang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Simon, Tyler Bridgers, (The Simon Law Frim PC), Atlanta, Jed Manton, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Atlanta, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0802

    Court affirms $30 million verdict against the City of Milton in fatal accident case, rejecting City's claims of sovereign immunity, and orders pre-judgment interest and nunc pro tunc judgment

  • Sobowale v. Smith et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Powell, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell & Bailey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffery Arnold, H. Stafford, (Attorney at Law), Hinesville, Andrew Johnson, (Arnold & Stafford), Hinesville, Gary Toman, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0694

    Court affirms negligence and wrongful death jury verdict against two defendants and verifies venue despite settlement with a third defendant that remained in the case solely for venue

  • Wilson et al. v. Inthachak et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-21
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hudson, (Attorney), Douglas, Ranse Partin, William Owens, James Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Dekle, Sandra Foster, Wiley Wasden, (Brennan, Wasden and Painter, LLC), Savannah, for appellee; Michael Bailey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, John Loftin, Gainesville, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0398

    Court vacates summary judgment in medical misdiagnosis case, citing factual questions on emergency care and causation

  • Hayes v. KSP Services, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Smith, Jeremy Pineres, James Adamoli, (W. Calvin Smith II PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Horowitz, J Vincent Lally, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0361

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in defendants' favor in a workers' compensation dispute and affirms denial of defendants' motion for discovery sanctions

  • Altine v. Eastside Medical Center, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willard Bullock, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Wayne Grant, Kimberly Grant, (Grant Law Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Mathis, Randolph Powell, Mikell Reynolds, Rachel Reed, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell Bailey), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0088

    Court affirms verdict favoring medical center, concluding that admission of evidence of a settlement with a surgeon was harmless

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  • The State v. Stillman

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Cliff Head, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Brody, (Brody Law Firm), Atlanta, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0594

    Court reverses application of rule of lenity that trial court cited to vacate trafficking charges, and remands for resentencing of defendant on trafficking and pandering charges

  • Griffin v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Roberts, (Attorney at Law), Douglas, David Cason, (Law Office of David S. Cason), Bethlehem, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith McIntyre, Daphne Totten, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0197

    Court vacates a trial court's judgment of guilt and remands for correct analysis of defendant's pre-trial immunity motion in an aggravated assault case

  • Brown et al. v. Green Growth 2, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauncey Barnwell, (Chauncey Napoleon Brown Barnwell, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elsie Chisholm, Lucas Bradley, Gregroy Finch, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, Chase Lyndale, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0270

    Court vacates and remands summary judgment order in quiet title action due to death of an adverse claimant party

  • In re: Estate of Lillian Knight, Deceased

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, Larry Overman, (Overman & Overman LLC), Fayetteville, Kelly Freyer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Sumner, (Sumner/Meeker, LLC), Newnan, for appellant; David Ballard, (Ballard Law Office, LLC), Fayetteville, Robert Ruppenthal, (Robert A. Ruppenthal, P.C.), Fayetteville, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0288

    Court reverses probate court decision that funds in joint accounts were estate assets in an estate dispute due to lack of clear and convincing evidence of intent of testator

  • Paces Funding, LLC v. Tillman, IV, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, Debbie Wilson, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Kushner, Jonathan Spratling, (Fellows Labriola LLP), Atlanta, David Michell, James Sherman, Garrett Land, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0431

    Court dismisses an appeal in a trade secret case because no final appealable order had been entered in the trial court