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  • 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

  • Kishel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1380

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse its Discretion in Denying Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Based on Alleged Speedy Trial Violation; Defendant Did Not Assert His Right to a Speedy Trial Until He Moved to Dismiss

  • In re Estate of Hanson

    Publication Date: 2020-10-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ophelia Chan, Stephanie Carman, (The Chan Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Levenson, (Louis Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, George Lott, (Stack & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta for appellee. Bertram Boley, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1109

    Georgia Probate Court Erred in Concluding it Had Jurisdiction to Order a Permanent Guardianship and Conservatorship Regarding Florida Resident and His Non-Georgia Property

  • The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Cancel et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ranse Partin, James Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George McGriff, Eric Wyatt, (George W. McGriff & Associates), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1215

    Plaintiff Failed to Move for Attorneys' Fees During the Term of Court in Which the Trial Court Entered Final Judgment Upon Remittitur; Motion Therefore Was Not Timely Filed

  • 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

  • Coen v. Aptean, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Timothy Coen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ames, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, Steven Collins, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Rachel Gage, Richard Robbins, Alexa Ross, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0522

    Statutory Abusive Litigation Claim Asserted in Renewal Suit Was Not Time-Barred; Derivative Request for Punitive Damages Also Not Time-Barred

  • City of Rincon et al. v. Ernest Communities, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dickey, (Attorney at Law), Rincon, Patrick O'Connor, Benjamin Perkins, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Johnson, Phillip McCorkle, (McCorkle & Johnson LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0765

    Trial Court Must Consider Application of Zoning Procedures Law to Declaratory Judgment Claims Against City, Which Were Not Barred by Sovereign Immunity

  • Skipper et al. v. Paul

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Braun, Richard Braun, (Jones Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, Susan Cox, Marcol Harvey, (Edenfield, Cox, Bruce & Classens), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerrold Hester, (Hester Outman LLC), Norcross, James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0521

    Family Law Court Erred in Setting Aside Final Adoption Decree Based on Facial Defects That Were Amendable

  • Nadal v. Nadal

    Publication Date: 2020-07-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yasha Heidari, (Heidari Power Law Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Yu, (Yu Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, Steven Lefkoff, (Lefkoff Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0770

    Court Vacates Contempt Judgment in Divorce Action, as No Rule Nisi Was Issued Indicating Trial Court Would Conduct a Final Hearing on the Merits of the Contempt Petition

  • Paul v. Paul

    Publication Date: 2020-07-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Ney, (William Brent Ney, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Kimbrough, (Dupree & Kimbrough, LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0194

    Party Not Required to File Motion to Set Aside Final Divorce Decree as Separate Action