• Stelly v. WSE Property Management, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Blaska, Dana Norman, Thomas Blaska, (The Blaska Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Shannon, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP), Atlanta, Theresa Benz, Jacob Rey, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP), Denver, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0248

    Court reverses summary judgment in a slip-and-fall action due to outstanding issues of material fact

  • Milliken & Company v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stevan A. Miller, Lisa Renee Richardson, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew D. Friedlander, Laurie Webb Daniel, Phil George, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Howard Brewton, (Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier), Augusta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, Hugh Brown McNatt, Brooke Walker Gram, Tyler P. Bishop, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, David A. Dial, Carol Patrick Michel, Thomas J. Strueber, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18G0876

    Court vacates and remands decisions that had incorrectly applied the Georgia anti-indemnity statute.

  • McKenney's Inc. et al. v. Sinyard

    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Chapin, (Savell & Williams, L.L.P.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Buck, Juliana Sleeper, (Buck Law Firm), Atlanta, Carrie Christie, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, Robert Burke, (Kalka & Baer), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0204

    Claims in a workers' compensation case were contradicted by allegations in a prior lawsuit

  • Savannah Hospitality Services, LLC. v. Scriven et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hunter, Inman Hodges, Robert Lingle, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lloyd Murray, (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Brent Savage, Samuel Mikell, (Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee. Eugene Hatcher, (Jones Cork, LLP), Macon, Richard Foster, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Wiley Wasden, Travis Windsor, (Brennan & Wasden, LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0250

    Workers' Compensation Act is an employee's sole remedy for exacerbation of injuries that occurred in the course of employment.

  • Savannah Hospitality Services, LLC. v. Scriven et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hunter, Inman Hodges, Robert Lingle, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lloyd Murray, (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Brent Savage, Samuel Mikell, (Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee. Eugene Hatcher, (Jones Cork, LLP), Macon, Richard Foster, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Wiley Wasden, Travis Windsor, (Brennan & Wasden, LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0250

    Workers' Compensation Act is an employee's sole remedy for exacerbation of injuries that occurred in the course of employment.

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  • Golden Isles Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Lowie

    Publication Date: 2019-05-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Jones, Todd LaDouceur, (Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, P.L.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Billy Jones, Carl Varnedoe, (Jones, Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0291

    Gambling Ship Operator Was Equitably Estopped From Relying on Statute of Limitations as Bar to Personal Injury Suit

  • Yearty v. Scott Holder Enterprises, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Hinton, (Hinton & Powell), Atlanta, For Appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Tanner, (Attorney at Lawo), Valdosta, Janelle Alleyne, (Coleman Talley, LLP), Valdosta, For appellee.

    Case Number: A18A2074

    Court denies negligence claim due to injured party's inability to show causation

  • Warnock v. Sandford et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-10
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Cawley, (Goodman McGuffey Lindsey & Johnson, LLP), Atlanta, James Doyle, Robert Marcovitch, Charles Reed, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, For Appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Bleiberg, Gary Hill, (Hill and Bleiberg), Atlanta, For Appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1656

    Court affirms damages award for pain and suffering over defendant's objections to improper jury instructions on the Georgia impact rule

  • Moats et al. v. Mendez

    Publication Date: 2019-05-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Ray, Steven Rodham, Ronald Womack, (Womack, Gottlieb & Rodham, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Furlong, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee. Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for AM.

    Case Number: A18A1721

    Presentment of Personal Injury Claim For Which Sheriff Can Be Held Vicariously Liable Must Be Directed Specifically to Sheriff

  • Boyd v. Disabled American Veterans et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-07
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thasha Boyd, Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Brieske, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, David Lift, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A2059

    Court Reverses Dismissal of Defamation Action by Employee Whose Claims Were Dismissed under Intracorporate Privilege Merely Because Plaintiff and Defendant Worked in Shared Office Space