• Stalwart Films LLC, et al. v. Bernecker, et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackson Dial, David Dial, Y. Williams, Joshua Wood, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Harris, (Franklin Law, LLC), Savannah, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, Jeffrey Harris, Yvonne Godfrey, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, Peter Law, Brian Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1896

    Tort Claims Against Production Company Were Barred by Exclusive Remedy Provision of Workers' Compensation Act; Defendants Owed No Duty to Stuntman Killed on the Set of The Walking Dead

  • Macon-Bibb County v. Hodge

    Publication Date: 2021-03-30
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Richardson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Cox, (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellee. Duke Groover, (James Bates Brannan Groover), Macon, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1718

    Court reverses superior court's decision that had found that a County employee's dismissal was arbitrary and capricious

  • Trejo-Valdez v. Associated Agents et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-03
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A20A1499

    Res Judicata Did Not Bar Workers' Compensation Claimant's Reneweed Treatment Request Following Designation of New Treating Physician

  • Brack v. CPPI of Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Bowen, Paul Painter, Constance Cooper, (Bowen Painter Trial Lawyers), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Rawls, Richard Bruno, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1219

    General Contractor Was Statutory Employer of Worker Whose Immediate Employer Provided Portable Toilets to Contractor

  • Owens v. Novae, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-11-23
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Damages | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Lefco, (Law Offices Stanley M. Lefco, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1268

    Company Failed to Show That Claimed Loss in Profits Was Result of Officer's Alleged Breach of Operating Agreement

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  • Wanna v. Navicent Health, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-19
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Walker, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, Anthony Cochran, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Emily Ward, (Chilivis Cochran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Wood, Jared Miller, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Robert Brennan, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Julia Magda, (Magda Law, LLC), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1378

    Court affirms, reverses, and vacates aspects of summary judgment orders in a lengthy dispute between a physician and a former employer

  • City of Waycross, et al. v. Jack Bennett, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Dorminy, William Mann, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Blackerby, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1230

    Health Plan Authorized City's Termination of Health-Insurance Benefits; City's Actions Did Not Violate the Impairment Clause of the Georgia Constitution

  • Dellinger-Allen et al. v. O'Brien

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Bachman, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Joseph Shelley, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Kappler, (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, Aaron O'brien, (Thompson O'Brien), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0087

    Court affirms the striking of a defamation claim but reverses the striking of a breach of contract claim in a dispute involving contractual professional counseling services

  • Maine v. Georgia Department of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Trent Coggins, (Trent L. Coggins, LLC), Valdosta, Douglas McMillan, (Shingler & McMillan LLC), Donalsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Laura McDonald, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Courtney Coons Poole, (Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0049

    Court affirms JNOV verdict for an employer on a Whistleblower claim because evidence did not show that a former employee was terminated for retaliation

  • Grayhawk Homes, Inc. v. Addison

    Publication Date: 2020-07-24
    Practice Area: Contracts | Contractual Disputes | Damages | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lomax, (Robert R. Lomax, LLC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Duffield, (Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0769

    Non-Compete Agreement's Liquidated Damages Provision Was Unenforceable, But Severable From the Remainder of the Agreement