• Eley et al. v. Fedee

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Agatston, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, John Williamson, (Williamson & York, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Schreck, (Savell & Williams, LLP), Atlanta, Catalina Alvarez, (Law Offices of Andrews & Manganiello), Tucker, for appellee; Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta for AM.

    Case Number: A21A1513

    Impact Rule Applies to All Straightforward Claims of Negligence and Gross Negligence

  • Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Nay

    Publication Date: 2021-11-19
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Brennan, Allison McDonald, (Fain, Major & Brennan, P.C.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Pollock, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Philip Pendergrass, (The Pendergrass Law Firm, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A0932

    Injured Motorist Could Not Evade Traditional UM Coverage Limits by Characterizing Settlement Amount as Punitive Damages

  • T & T Transportation v. Duckworth

    Publication Date: 2021-11-15
    Practice Area: Damages | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Jones, (Attorney at Law), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeremy Attaway, (Worsham Corsi Scott & Knighten), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0987

    Vehicle Owner Presented Sufficient Evidence of Special Damages to Raise Material Issue of Fact

  • Roberts v. Unison Behavioral Health

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Damages | Government | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mylee McKinney O’Connor, Graham Franklin Floyd, (JohnsonFloyd LLP), Baxley, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathleen M. Pacious, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, William Knight Scott, Angela Ellen Cusimano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S20G1518

    Ante Litem Notice to State Entity Adequately Described Nature and Extent of Claimant's Loss Following Vehicle Accident

  • Erickson v. Walker et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-29
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin O'Dell, Nicholas Booth, (O'Dell & O'Neal, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Brandon Moulard, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, Arnold Lizana, (Attorney Arnold J. Lizana III), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0023

    Court affirms summary judgment in a negligence case on the basis of causation and further states that school employees had official immunity from a lawsuit

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  • Nobles v. Bonney

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Milam, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alina Krivitsky, (Worsham Corsi Scott & Dobur), Marietta, Z'a Williams, (The Law Office of Nancy W. Phillips), Atlanta, Dane Uhelski, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0243

    Court reverses trial court order and remands case for entry of a dismissal without prejudice rather than with prejudice where plaintiff failed to file a prior substitution

  • Courtesy Ford, Inc. et al. v. Campbell et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-15
    Practice Area: Discovery | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warner Fox, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Law, Ernest Moran, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0155

    Court affirms order denying appellants' motion for an independent neuropsychological exam of injured plaintiff in an auto accident case

  • Durland v. Colotl et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Hawk, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Reardon, Andrew Panella, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Ellen Ash, (Fain, Major & Brennan, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1756

    Court affirms dismissal of renewal action in a motor vehicle tort case where plaintiff never effected personal service of original complaint on defendant

  • Smith v. Laney et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Michael Braun, (Law Office of Michael R. Braun), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calanit Hayes, Rakhi McNeill, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Myers, (Myers & Stroberg), Gainesville, Jason Stewart, (Dennis, Corry, Smith, & Dixon LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1736

    Court affirms jury verdict for defendants in motor vehicle collision case over defendant's arguments that two defendants should not be considered separate entities

  • DMAC81, LLC v. Nguyen et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-08
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duke Groover, Nathaniel Edmonds, David Cromer, (James Bates Brannan Groover, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Adams, (Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.), Macon, Virgil Adams, Caroline Herrington, Dawn Lewis, (Adams, Jordan & Herrington PC), Monroe, Lauren Childs, (Lumley & Harper, LLC), Macon, for appellee. Jon Wolfe, Christina Curreli, (Chambless Higdon Richardson Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1991

    Court determines that employer had no respondeat superior liability or liability under special circumstances exception for employee's negligence