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  • Anderson v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2022-10-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Britton White, G. White, (Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Justin Jones, (Justin T. Jones, PC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0812

    Court reverses denial of a motion to enforce a settlement agreement in an auto accident case, finding that the plaintiff's acceptance requirements were improper

  • IMC Construction Company, Inc. v. Mitchell

    Publication Date: 2022-10-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Budd, Jon Stewart, (Mabry & McClelland, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; John Makowski, (Makowski Law Firm), Bolingbroke, Philip Savrin, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0995

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion to set aside a default against it Because plaintiff had not properly served defendant in a negligent construction lawsuit

  • Goterba et al. v. Pursifull et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph King, (Joseph H. King, Jr. P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Pythias Temesgen, (Huff Powell Bailey LLC), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0817

    Court vacates order dismissing a renewal complaint that it was filed after expiration of the statute of repose

  • Winn v. Vitesco Technologies GMBH

    Publication Date: 2022-10-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive | Consumer Products | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Bessho, (Cozen and O’Connor), Atlanta, Maria Ermakova, (Cozen and O’Connor), New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Anulewicz, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Neill, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Douglas Horelick, Eric Ruben, (Clyde & Co US LLP), Miami, for appellee; Andrew Beal, Milinda Brown, (Buckley Beal LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0726

    German Auto Parts Manufacturer Did Not Purposefully Avail Itself of Georgia Laws

  • 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

  • Premier Pediatric Providers, LLC v. Kennesaw Pediatrics, P. C.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Ferrand, Roger Harris, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Michell, James Sherman, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0857

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss an appeal and finds because appellant's failure to timely file a transcript was unreasonable and inexcusable

  • Doe v. Saint Joseph's Catholic Church et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Wasmuth, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell), Atlanta, for appellee; Emily Hetherington, (Georgia Law Center), Atlanta, Melina Lewis, (Georgia Legal Services Program), Athens, for AM.
    Case Number: A20A0784

    Court reverses dismissal of sexual abuse claims against a Church because plaintiff may be able to show facts to justify tolling of the limitations under OCGA §9-3-96

  • 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

  • Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. et al. v. Downs et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, (Office of the Public Defender), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Buckley, Taylor Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, Bennett Bryan; Laura Johnson, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0663

    Court affirms dismissal of a challenge to the removal of a Confederate monument from a public setting because plaintiffs lacked standing to sue

  • Coe et al. v. Proskauer Rose, LLP

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice | Tax
    Industry: Accounting | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Jeven Robinson Sloan, (Loewinsohn Deary Simon Ray LLP), Dallas, Harry W. MacDougald, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Mark G. Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Shari Lynn Klevens, (Dentons US LLP), Washington, David M. Lederkramer, (Proskauer Rose), New York Lisa S. Blatt, (Williams & Connolly LLP), Washington, for appellee; Johannes S. Kingma, Jeffrey Charles Hoffmeyer, (Stites & Harbison PLLC), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G1250

    Material Factual Dispute Existed as to When Clients Learned Law Firm Was Not Independent of Client's Accounting Firm