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  • Claxton v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2020-10-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Strickland, Stephen Schatz, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, John Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0780

    Court affirms order for reconsideration of enforcement of a personal injury settlement offer over negligent party's challenges to reconsideration.

  • Atlanta Women's Specialists, LLC et al. v. Trabue et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Flint, Michael David Flint, Jamie Lee Kastler, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sims Stone, (Law Offices of William S. Stone), Blakely, Michael George Regas, (Stone Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Ryals Drayton Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, James William Stone, (The Stone Law Group – Trial Lawyers, LLC), Blakely, Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Keri Fielder Conley, (Georgia Hospital Association), Marietta, Donald J. Palmisano, Jr., (Medical Association of Georgia), Atlanta, Tracy Morgan Baker, (Wellstar Health System, Inc.), Marietta, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Amy W. Adelman, (Emory University), Atlanta, David Christopher Hanson, Jessica To Holland, Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington McGrew, P.C.), Atlanta, William Thomas Worthy, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, Elizabeth McFall Leddy , (Piedmont Healthcare, INC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Colin Dang Delaney, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Daniel James Huff, Taylor Marie Tribble, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19G1138

    Personal Injury Defendants Seeking Appportionment For Nonparty's Conduct Should Have Filed Pretrial Notice of Nonparty Fault

  • Watson v. Dana

    Publication Date: 2020-10-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Rhodes, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Mayers, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1352

    Questions of Fact Exist as to Rental Home Owner's Responsibility for Maintaining the Yard and Her Constructive Knowledge of Hazard That Caused Injury

  • Janet Lee Graham Stanley et al. v. Floyd P. Garrett et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hungeling, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Adam Rubenfield, (Hungeling Law, P.C.), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heather Ware, John Hall, Annalese Herndon, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0894

    Court affirms dismissal of professional negligence claim and grant of summary judgment dismissing a negligence claim where no legal duty or relationship existed

  • Picklesimer et al. v. City of Eatonton et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caleb Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Katherine McArthur, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frances Clay, Thomas Richardson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1011

    Court affirms dismissal of injured plaintiff's lawsuit against a City due to failure to provide proper ante litem notice with the specific damages that were being sought

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  • Gary v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Damages | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kwame Townes, (Townes, Davis & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Trevor Hiestand, Carolyn Lee, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0953

    Court affirms defendant's JNOV motion on the issue of future medical expenses in a car accident case because no evidence supported those expenses

  • Wilson v. Guy

    Publication Date: 2020-09-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Jacxsens, Lauren Dick, (Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Macklyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0969

    Court reverses denial of defendant's summary judgment motion because plaintiff was an independent contractor when his injuries occurred

  • Stanton v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2020-09-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Travel and Tourism
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Wilson, Adam Princenthal, (Princenthal & May, LLC), Sandy Springs, Kyle Moore, (Law Office of Kyle M. Moore), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Myers, (Myers & Stroberg), Gainesville, for appellee. Stephen Schatz, Sean Farrell, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0816

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury car accident case because the State did not have personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant

  • Stern et al. v. Pettis et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-14
    Practice Area: Evidence | Expert Witnesses | Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David McCain, Hannah Gabriel, (Childers & McCain LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie Christie, Courtney Norton, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1261

    Trial Court Properly Disallowed Proffered Expert's Speculative Causation Opinions

  • Lee v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2020-08-21
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, Bradley Wolff, Eleanor Jolley, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP) Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Alford, Nathan Cronic, (Willis McKenzie LLP), LaGrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0739

    Trial Court Must Reconsider its Decision to Exclude a Witness Who Was Not Timely Identified in Compliance With a Pretrial Scheduling Order