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  • Cruz et al. v. Xytex Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-23
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McDonough, (Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC), Atlanta, William Garrison, Brandy Robertson, (Heninger Garrison Davis), Birmingham, David Newdorf, (Newdorf Legal), Oakland, Nancy Hersh, (Hersh & Hersh), San Francisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alison Currie, Thomas Lavender, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Linda Jordan, (Watkins Lourie Roll Chance PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0040

    Claims based on injuries derived from children's lives are not cognizable under Georgia law, but claims predating their lives may be pled as consumer fraud claims

  • Aguila v. Kennestone Hospital, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William James, (William Dixon James, P.C.), Decatur, Charles Gower, Charles Gower, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, Miranda Brash, Shaun O'Hara, (Charles A. Gower PC), Columbus, Michael Terry, Michael Baumrind, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Ivey, Robert Martin, Tyler Pritchard, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Lindsey Mann, William Withrow, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Lauren Dimitri, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1492

    Court affirms dismissal of complaint for fraud where defendant hospital had a reasonable basis to use its chargemaster rate as a basis for a hospital lien

  • Johns et al. v. Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-16
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Kathleen Coalson, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, R. Randy Edwards, Paul Anthony Piland, (Cochran & Edwards, LLC), Smyrna, John Wesley Sherrod, (Sherrod & Bernard), Douglasville, David Frank Walbert, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chilton D. Varner, Susan Marie Clare, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. John David Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. James D. Meadows, James Lynn Hollis, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, Patrick N. Silloway, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, David Norton Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S19G1478

    Strict Liability Claims Are Subject to Statutory Apportionment For Comparative Fault

  • Georgia Lottery Corporation v. Patel

    Publication Date: 2020-01-07
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, Logan Winkles, (Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jared Lina, James Goldstein, (Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2278

    Lottery Winner's UDTPA Claim for Injunctive Relief Against Georgia Lottery Corporation Is Barred by Sovereign Immunity