• Samaca, LLC. v. Cellairis Franchise, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Martin (D.R. Martin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jared Miller, Ronald Coleman, Justin Gunter (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Cell Phone Mania, LLC (c/o OZ Aharon), North Miami Beach; Cell Phone Mania, LLC (c/o OZ Aharon), Davie, for other party.

    Case Number: A17A1715

    Agreement Regarding Specific Assignments and Assumptions Was Not Wholly Separate From Initial Purchase Agreement Containing Arbitration Clause

  • Swallows et al. v. Adams-Pickett et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork (Attorney at Law), Decatur; Sam Nicholson (Nicholson Revell LLP), Augusta; Scott Eldredge (Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine, P.C.), Englewood, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Tucker, Thomas Tucker (Tucker Long, P.C.), Augusta; David Johnson, Kevin Race, Kristin Malcolm (Insley & Race, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1517

    Longer Limitations Period For Medical Malpractice Actions IS Available to Minors Under Five But Not To Claims Made By Minors' Parents

  • Ya Van v. Siv Cheng Kong As Administratrix Of The Estate Of Chheng Siv Voigt et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Hedrick (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melvin Hewitt, Hilary Hunter (Isenberg & Hewitt PC), Atlanta, for appellee. Maren Cave (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A17A1713

    The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion for summary judgment in plaintiff's suit alleging that defendant was negligent in failing to keep her home safe from known dangers and dangerous conditions on the property when she allowed her son-in-law to enter her home and he fatally stabbed her daughter, as there was no evidence from which to conclude that defendant had reason to anticipate the man's violent conduct.

  • Suntrust Bank v. Todd Cowan, As Tax Commissioner For Douglas County et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Crochet (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Bernard, Stephanie Regas (Sherrod & Bernard), Douglasville; John Doe, Jane Doe, Douglasville; Regina Jordan, Los Angeles; John Ayoub (Ayoub & Mansour, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1850

    Lienholder Who Received Excess Funds From Tax Sale Was Subject to Subsequent Appellate Court Rulings Modifying Rights of Redeeming Creditors

  • Austin v. Nagareddy et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Self
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Mitchell, Zack Greenamyre (Mitchell & Shapiro LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, Julye Johns, Emaly Arndt (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0126

    The Court vacated the trial court's order granting defendants' motion to stay a civil action against them until the conclusion of a trial in a criminal case in which one defendant had been indicted for parallel allegations and remanded for further proceedings, because the trial court's exercise of discretion was based upon an erroneous view of the law.

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  • Barnes et al. v. Channel et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-19
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Heuron Robinson (The Law Offices of Stephen H. Robinson), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen H. DeBaun (Law Offices of Stephen H. DeBaun, P.C.), Tucker, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17A1357

    The Supreme Court partially vacated the trial courts order granting an injunction in a dispute between siblings over their aunt's estate and remanded the case, holding that most of the relief the trial court granted was not proper interlocutory relief.

  • In The Interest Of J. N., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron O'Brien (Thompson O'Brien), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tara-Anne Canada (Guardian Ad Litem/Attorney), Lawrenceville; Deana Spencer (Spencer Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Debra Hale (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville; Kristin Jahn (Special Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0256

    The trial court erred in granting a child's Guardian Ad Litem a blanket protective order over the GAL's entire file in a dependency action without considering the contents of the file.

  • Wellstar Kennestone Hospital v. Roman

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Moriarty (Green Sapp & Moriarty LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adelman, Ashley Rice (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta; William Baker (Worsham, Corsi, Scott, Knighten & Dobur), Atlanta, for appellee. Adam Long (Burrow & Associates LLC), Darrell Burrow (Attorney at Law), Duluth; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association ("GDLA"), Atlanta; Martin Levinson, William Martin (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, for other party. Matt Nasrallah (Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah, LLP), Marietta, for amicus curiae.

    Case Number: A17A1497

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying non-party hospital's motion to modify a subpoena in a lawsuit arising out of an automobile collision.

  • Suntrust Bank v. Jedon M. Lilliston et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Wylie Cranshaw, Simon Robert Malko (Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent J. Savage, Brent Jamieson Savage, Jr., Kathryn Hughes Pinckney (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17G0433

    The Court of Appeals erred in holding that a partys demand for arbitration in a renewal action may be deemed waived based on that partys conduct in the earlier, original litigation because a renewal suit is a de novo action and, thus, a partys conduct in the original action has no bearing on the question of waiver in the recommenced action.

  • Automotive Credit Corp. v. White

    Publication Date: 2018-02-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Trace Dillon (Dillon Law Firm P.C.), Snellville; Dwayne Kinney, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dominique White, Kennesaw, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1559

    The trial court erred in denying plaintiff's petition to domesticate and enforce a foreign judgment; although the trial court correctly found that, under O.C.G.A. § 9-12-60, the judgment became dormant seven years after it was entered, the trial court overlooked the fact that plaintiff had an additional three years after the judgment became dormant to revive it under O.C.G.A. § 9-12-61.