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  • Rodriguez v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-12-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Pineres, Alexander Cook-Green, (W. Calvin Smith II P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Abraham, Justin Sanders, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand and Prout), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1361

    Plaintiff Did Not Exercise Necessary Diligence to Serve Process on Defendant After Expiration of Statute of Limitation

  • Brandenburg v. City of Vidalia et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government | Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johnathan Krawcheck, Gary Toman, Anna Idelevich, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, Paul Threlkeld, David Mullens, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, for appellee; Tyrone Burns, Sr., Lakeland, Tyrone Burns, Jr., (Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison), Jackson for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1027

    Florida Mental Health Services Provider Not Subject to Suit in Georgia For Crimes Committed in Georgia by Florida Client

  • Heritage Roof Truss, Inc. v. Leeper et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Marschalk, Michelle Whitelaw, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Reed, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Cory Close, (Busch Reed & Jones, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee; Chad Shultz, Vernon Hill, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP), Atlanta, Ryan Wilhelm, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, Nanette Wesley, (Wesley Firm, LLC), Roswell, Samantha Skolnick, (Bloom Parham LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1066

    Court reverses denial of motion to dismiss amended complaint where defendant was added after expiration of statute and did not know it would be named as a party

  • Morris v. Real Estate Expert Advisors, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rafi, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Barnes, (Barnes Firm LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Adam Joffe, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Paul Spann, (Goodman McGuffey LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Lloyd Hedrick, (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1116

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Summary Judgment Sua Sponte on Issue Not Raised by Moving Party

  • Pride Medical, Inc. et al. v. John Doe et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Class Actions | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Bazinet, Jonathan Peters, (Peters & Monyak, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Poole, Bret Moore, Jon David Huffman, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Scott McMahan, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1140

    Ample Evidence Supported Imposition of Attorney Fees and Expenses as Discovery Sanctions

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  • Sons of Confederate Veterans et al. v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

    Publication Date: 2022-11-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Joseph Buckley, III, Taylor Wayne Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Walker L. Chandler, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree City, Mawuli M. Malcolm Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm), Decatur, for Other Party; Les A. Schneider, Thomas Leland Walker, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Martin Kenneth OToole, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Justin Tharpe Holcombe, (Skaar & Feagle, LLP), Woodstock, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S22G0039

    Court concludes that an individual has stand to sue for injunctive relief to prevent removal of monuments, but community groups do not.

  • Green v. Georgia Department of Corrections et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Williams, (HDR LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Menefee, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, Peter Fisher, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0930

    Prisoner's State-Law Medical Malpractice Suit Not Valid Renewal of Earlier Suit in Federal Court

  • Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. American Builders and Contractors Supply Co., Inc. d/b/a ABC Supply Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erin Howell, (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta, Benjamin Coulter, (Burr & Forman LLP), Birmingham, Kevin Stone, (Sugarman Law LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Hays, (Hays Potter & Martin LLP), Peachtree Corners, for appellee; Brown Rooftops, LLC, Jackson, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0793

    Court reverses denial of a motion to set aside a default judgment in a garnishment action where no answer to an amended pleading was required

  • Federal Express Corporation et al. v. Denney

    Publication Date: 2022-11-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Buchanan, (Buchanan Law Firm, PC), Columbus, William Holley, Anne Baroody, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Michael Sansbury, (Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury, LLC), Birmingham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dustin Brown, (Crawford & Brown Law Firm LLP), Columbus, Jefferson Callier, (The Callier Firm), Columbus, John Clark, Michael Smith, Richard Sizemore, (Clark & Smith Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Jason Crawford, (Crawford & Brown Law Firm LLP), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0763

    Trial court erred when it set aside a default judgment as to only one of three defendants in a vehicle accident case where judgment was unapportioned

  • Dannenfelser v. Squires et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise Weiner, Samuel Sykes, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Vickery, (Vickery Benesh Law, P.C.), Atlanta, or appellee; Alexandra Higgins, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree Corners, Janie Hagood, (Swift Currie), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0936

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to dismiss a renewal action that was file five days after filing deadline where delay was inadvertent under an e-filing system