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  • Arco Design/Build, LLC v. Savannah Green I Owner, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-07-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rust, David Sawyer, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, L.L.P.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Hudson, Zachary Hall, (Hudson Parrott Walker, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0056

    Court affirms order finding that the tolling provisions of the State's 2020 Emergency Judicial Orders did not extend the deadline for filing an affidavit of lien waiver

  • Scott v. Smith-Denton

    Publication Date: 2022-07-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samantha Mandell, Rachel Sullivan, (Kendall Mandell LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Evans, (Franklin Evans Law Firm), Chestnut Mountain, Scott Kuperberg, (The Kuperberg Law Firm, LLC), Norcross, David Dorer, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Jonathan Broderick, Suzette Broderick, (Broderick Law Group), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0486

    Court reverses award of default judgement where defendant had not been properly served and substitute affidavit of service was not acceptable

  • 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

  • Youd v. Beskin et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Messer, (Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Morton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee; David Metzger, (Williams Teusink LLC), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0141

    Court affirms denial of property owner's motion to open a default but vacates and remands a damages award in a dispute over a collapsed retaining wall

  • L. Scott Born et al. v. Bruce G. Born et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifton Patty, (Attorney at Law), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary Henry, (Law Office of Gary L. Henry), Chattanooga, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0417

    Trial Court Judgment Was Res Judicata After Parties' Appeal From Partial Summary Judgment Was Untimely Filed

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  • Langley v. Travelers Insurance Thru Geico

    Publication Date: 2022-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Moulton, (The Moulton Firm), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen Karabinos, (Chartwell Law, LLP), Norcross, Katelyn Fischer, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0220

    Plaintiff Seeking Leave to Substitute New Defendant Failed to Show Amendment Related Back to Date of Original Complaint

  • Parrish et al. v. St. Joseph'S/Candler Health System, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah Adle, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Stephen Lowry, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Dekle, B. Smith, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter, LLP), Savannah, Daniel Huff, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Wilkes, Irving Drought, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0484

    Motion to Vacate Consent Order Founded on Prior Attorney's Legal Mistake Properly Denied

  • Harmon v. Progressive Premier Insurance Company of Illinois

    Publication Date: 2022-06-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Massey, (Massey & Sharry, LLP), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Trenton Edwards, (Gower Wooten & Darneille LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; David Lift, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0695

    Appellant's Failure to Comply With Interlocutory Appeal Procedures Deprived Court of Appeals of Jurisdiction

  • General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G1147

    Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition

  • American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. v. Zeh

    Publication Date: 2022-06-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Batson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Leslie Eason, Tiffany Taylor, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Sean Young, Brian Hauss, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia, Inc), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent Savage, Robert Tanner, (Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee; David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0251

    Remand to Trial Court Necessary, in Accordance With Supreme Court's Remand Order