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  • 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.

  • 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

  • Sheaffer et al. v. Marriott International, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A18A1510

    Hotel has no duty to render aid to guests where it did not create a peril

  • Gutierrez et al. v. Hilti, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Chapar, (The Chapar Firm, LLC), Conyers, Ricardo DeMedeiros, (The Law Office of Rick J. DeMedeiros, PC), Conyers, Jorge Flores, (The Law Office of Jorge Luis Flores, LLC), Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Neal Scott, (Law Office of Terry-Dawn Thomas), Atlanta, for appellee. Greg Smith, Lawrenceville, for Other party.
    Case Number: A18A1893

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order Granting Summary Judgment to Hardware Retailer That Sold Part with Incorrect Instructions and Installation Tools Where Seller Argued Lack of Duty to Provide Proper Tool and Lack of Evidence of Causation

  • Llewelyn v. Bryant et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Farmer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, John Steel, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Steel, (Steel and Moss, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1913

    Public employee has official immunity from negligence cause of action when acting in a discretionary capacity

  • Tyner v. Matta-Troncoso et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Charles Kendall, Kimberly DeWitt Mowbray, (Kendall Law Group, LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce Robert Millar, James Brian Sullivan, (Millar & Mixon, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellee. Michael D. Thornton, Lakeisha L. Thornton, Stockbridge, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S18G0364

    Negligence Claim Against Dog-Owner's Landlord For Dog-Bite Injury Required Showing That Landlord Was Aware of Dogs' Vicious Propensities