• Darden v. Progressive Mountain Insurance Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Calabro, (Attorney at Law), Chamblee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elliot Durham, (Blake Durham Law, LLC), Evans, William Turnipseed, (Savell & Williams), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0369

    Court affirms summary judgment to one insurer but reverses as to another in a contractual insurance coverage dispute over whether certain policy exclusions applied

  • The Georgia Power Company v. Brandreth Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-07-22
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Agriculture | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Archer, Malissa Kaufold-Wiggins, Meghan Pieler, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, Samuel Lucas, J. Davis, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, LLP), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Connolly, Douglas Flint, (Flint, Connolly & Walker, LLP), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0165

    Res Judicata Barred Farm Owner's Claims Against Georgia Power Co. for Fire Allegedly Caused by Defective Electrical Equipment

  • Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Graham, Erin Coia, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Teresa Tomlinson, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Atkins, Roderick Edmond, Keith Lindsay, (Edmond, Lindsay & Hoffler. LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Bryan Lutz, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux & Sizemore, LLC), Macon, for AM.

    Case Number: A22A0068

    Court reverses denial of motion to dismiss a complaint for negligence over a COVID-related death because plaintiff's conduct did not rise to a level of gross negligence

  • GS Cleantech Corporation et al. v. Cantor Colburn, LLP

    Publication Date: 2022-07-13
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Hord, Ellen Lighthiser, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Brumbaugh, Lawrence Slovensky, Brian White, Billie Pritchard, Carson Bennett, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0387

    Court reverses denial of motion to dismiss law firm's declaratory judgment petition and refers legal malpractice matter to Connecticut arbitration

  • Hicks et al. v. Universal Health Services, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Gebhardt, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge, Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, Kevin Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marcella Ducca, Lori Cohen, Michael King, Gerond Lawrence, Precious Johnson, Brandon Cox, (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, Margaret McClatchey, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Hostetter, Molly McCall, Jacob Madsen, (Nall & Miller, LLP), Atlanta, Alison Currie, Mikell Reynolds, Christina Essex, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Lavender, (Lavender Hoffman Alderman, LLC), Atlanta, , for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0204

    Court affirms dismissal of survivors' wrongful death claims filed after expiration of statute of limitations, and reverses denial of a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction

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  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kaylie Brewton, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rocky Bridges, (Assistant District Attorney), Woodbine, George Barnhill, (District Attorney District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0457

    Attorney Was Constitutionally Ineffective For Failing to Move to Suppress Evidence From Vehicle Search

  • Seals v. Major et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Contracts | Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Hall, John Hinton, (Baker, Donelson, Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Luke Lantta, Aiten Mcpherson, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Michael Johnson, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Reginald Snyder, (Dye Snyder, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0493

    Genuine Issues of Material Were Presented as to Whether Partnership Was Formed

  • In the Interest of D. C. et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Camellia Moore, (The Moore-Manna Law Office LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karimah Boston, (Public Defender's Office - Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Robert Hall, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Mark Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee; Derwin Davis, (Davis Law, LLC), Conyers, Karen Pulliam, (Fulton County Juvenile Court), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0525

    Court reverses non-reunification order and remands for consideration of statutory conditions for reunification of dependent children with their father

  • Matta v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Smith, (Conger and Smith, Attorneys at Law), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Harrison, Bradfield Shealy, (Southern Judicial Cir. District Atty Ofc), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0415

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sodomy and other crimes over defendant's challenge to incomplete trial transcript and contentions of error in excluding evidence

  • Falcone Global Solutions LLC v. Forbo Flooring B. V.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kaufman, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Reagin, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0416

    Court affirms dismissal of a lawsuit over a business dispute on grounds that the issue of absence of personal jurisdiction was res judicata from a previous action