• Ford Motor Company v. Hill et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Boorman, Philip Henderson, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Curtis Garrett, John Jett, Adam Charnes, Kevin Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, Paul Malek, D. Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons), Austin, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Butler, Daniel Philyaw, Allison Bailey, (Butler Prather LLP), Columbus, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, Michael Gray, (Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Moore, LLP), Perry, Michael Terry, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Ramsey Prather, (Butler Prather LLP), Columbus, Michael Williford, (Williford Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Kenton Coppage, (Fox Rothschild LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Judson Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin P.C.), Brunswick, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Becker, Philip Goldberg, Cary Silverman, (Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP), Washington, Adeline Lambert, Leah Bower, Kyle Hawkins, (Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP), Atlanta, Gary Toman, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A24A0657

    Court Vacates a $1.7 Billion Verdict in Ford Product Liability Case and Orders New Trial

  • Sandler v. Coger

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashley Rice, Kayla Bell, (Waldon Adelman Castilla McNamara & Prout), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Milton Eisenberg, (Dan Chapman & Associates, LLC), Conyers, Tyler Watkins, (Gorinshteyn & Watkins LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Alan Gibson, (Worsham, Corsi, Dobur & Berss), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0968

    Party Had Right to Open and Close Final Arguments After Opposing Party Quoted From Doctor's Blog Post During Cross-Examination

  • King v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Surinder Chadha Jimenez, (The Chadha Jimenez Law Firm, LLC), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, John Fowler, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Hallie Dixon, (Office of the District Attorney, Coweta Judicial Circuit- Troup Office), LaGrange, for appellee; Thomas Clyde, Kurtis Anderson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A24A1125

    Trial Court Erred in Closing Courtroom to Public and Media During Jury Selection Voir Dire Without Issuing Written Order

  • Georgia Department of Public Safety et al. v. Cleapor

    Publication Date: 2024-11-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Boyter, Christopher Carr, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Zachary Procter, (Procter Law, P.C.), Lawrenceville, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, Andrew Gebhardt, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), Stockbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1071

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss a personal injury case, finding that plaintiff had failed to provide a timely ante litem notice to the correct government entity

  • Sowell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Kyle Bowland, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Dawsonville, Conley Greer, (Dawson County District Attorney’s Office), Dawsonville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0949

    Court affirms DUI-related convictions for vehicular homicide and other crimes over defendant's challenge to admission of certain expert testimony and contentions of insufficient evidence

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  • Turney v. Turney

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Turney, Murrayville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aron Turney, Dawsonville, for appellee; M. Young, (Attorney t Law), Gainesville, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0932

    Court vacates child support and attorney fees awards in child custody case due to incorrect child support calculations and lack of notice of attorney fee award

  • In the Interest of D. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Joycelyn Curry, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, Dana Leader, (Fulton County Office of the Child Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1131

    Georgia Court reverses Alabama court's dependency finding due to lack of jurisdiction under UCCJEA

  • Robinson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Radford, (Radford & Keebaugh), Decatur, Zachary Panter, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0729

    Court reverses denial of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits due to direct COVID-19 impact on petitioner's ability to maintain his employment

  • Miller v. Wilcoxson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Brant, (Colom and Brant), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Cross, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, Thomas Sampson, Ebonei Simpkins, (Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0607

    Court reverses apportionment of settlement proceeds in a wrongful death case due to trial court's lack of jurisdiction to issue an apportionment order after the case was dismissed

  • Bromaghim v. Ligon et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Leibel, (Steven Leibel, PC), Dahlonega, Paul Menair, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Olson, (Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.), Atlanta, Jessica Sanford, (Fain, Major & Brennan, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0650

    Court reverses order assessing juror and bailiff costs against a plaintiff who voluntarily dismissed her personal injury case without prejudice, finding no statutory basis for cost assessment