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  • Lee v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, Bradley Wolff, Sarah Daley, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Alford, Nathan Cronic, (Willis McKenzie LLP), LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1023

    Court affirms exclusion of late-identified rebuttal witness in a car accident and injury case, and dismisses as moot a defendant's challenge to a cash bond requirement

  • Stanley v. Patterson et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig T. Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquita Laverne Parks, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, William James Atkins, (Edmond, Lindsay & Atkins, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0405

    Quasi-Judicial Immunity Did Not Protect Court Administrator and Managers From Suit For Error That Led to Plaintiff's Arrest and Incarceration

  • Stembridge v. Pride Utility Construction Co., LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Rice, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Broughton, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Timothy Peacock, (Swift, Curie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0720

    Court affirms summary judgment for an employer in an auto accident case because its employee was no acting in the scope of employment at the time of the accident

  • Rosser v. Lynn et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Lefco, (Law Offices Stanley M. Lefco, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Veronica Hoffler, Tierra Whitlock, (Law Office of Andrews an Maganiello), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0761

    Court vacates dismissal of a personal injury action that was dismissed for lack of service and remands for consideration of plaintiff's motion for service by publication

  • Owens v. Progressive Premier Insurance Company of Illinois

    Publication Date: 2022-09-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Herman, (The Hostilo Law Firm), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Bass, (Brennan, Harris & Rominger), Savannah, for appellee; Travis Meyer, Morgan Allyn, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0694

    Court affirms summary judgment for an insurer that denied coverage in an auto accident case because insured party's late notice was unjustified and unreasonable

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  • T & R South Sanitation et al. v. Lowe

    Publication Date: 2022-09-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T & R South Sanitation et al, Jonesboro, Kimberly Ellison, Wayne Kendall, (Wayne B. Kendall P.C.), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Joyner, (Haug Law Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0796

    Court remands personal injury action to the trial court for consideration of whether plaintiff's claims are precluded by remedies under the Workers' Compensation Act

  • Harvard et al. v. John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-22
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Christopher Rodd, (The Rodd Firm LLC), Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Watt, Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, Carlton Joyce, Lucas Bradley, Gregroy Finch, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, for appellee; James Thagard, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Scott & Smith), Valdosta, Paul Weathington, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, Lindsay Forlines, (Forlines Law LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0960

    Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Failed to Show Wife's Death Was Caused by Delay in Treatment

  • Mayorga v. Benton

    Publication Date: 2022-08-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Grunberg, Nicole Wade, George Wilson, (Wade, Grunberg & Wilson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Clayton, Leah Parker, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Mark Scott, (Fain, Major & Brennan, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0316

    Court reverses dismissal of emotional distress claim and affirms dismissal of negligence claim by a father in a same-sex marriage whose daughter committed suicide

  • Pferrman et al. v. BPS of Tifton, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Blair, (Levy, Sibley, Foreman & Speir, LLC), Columbus, John Hadden, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, Chip Morris, Francis Morris, (Morris Law Firm), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott McMickle, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, L.L.P.), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0581

    Court affirms summary judgment denying claims for strict liability under the High-Voltage Safety Act because defendant was not covered by that Act

  • Trotter v. Tucker Football League, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Broderick, (Broderick Law Group), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Phillp Friduss, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0496

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of youth football league in a negligence action by a volunteer coach, finding that the league was statutorily immune from suit