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  • Georgia Power Company v. Triola

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Norman Lovein, William Mann, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Degenhart, (Morgan & Morgan), Savannah, for appellee; Leslie Kennerly, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0059

    Court reverses denial of power company's summary judgment motion in a premises liability lawsuit where no evidence showed that the company owned or occupied premises

  • City of Suwanee v. Padgett et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-17
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, Karen Thomas, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce Hagen, Matthew Hagen, (Hagen Rosskopf, LLC), Decatur, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0338

    Court affirms denial of a City's motion to dismiss a slip and fall action, finding that claimants filed a proper ante litem notice and raised genuine issues of fact

  • Coral Hospitality-GA, LLC v. Givens et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-20
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal Scott, (Law Office of Terry-Dawn Thomas), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: PHILIP Brown, (O'Neal & Brown, P.C.), Macon, Jon-Selby Hawk, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta PLLC), Macon, Darren Summerville, Jonathan Flack, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0227

    Court reverses denial of landowner's summary judgment in a premises liability strip-and-fall case because the alleged hazard was open and obvious to the injured plaintiff

  • Villages of Cascade Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Edwards

    Publication Date: 2022-04-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Smith, (Law Offices of Michael Smith, LLC), Decatur, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1336

    Court reverses denial of Homeowners Association's motion for summary judgment on injured resident's claims for premises liability, nuisance, and punitive damages

  • WCE Holdings B, LLC v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2022-03-31
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Hedrick, (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Maki, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1382

    Court determines that a landlord is not liable for injuries caused by a collapsed deck when landlord had no actual or constructive knowledge of damage to a support beam

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  • Owens et al. v. Larry Franklin Properties, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James King, (The King Firm), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Thagard, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Scott & Smith), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1787

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of a landlord in a premises liability negligence case, but affirms summary judgment for landlord on fraud claims

  • SRA Management, LLC d/b/a Olympus Fenwick Luxury Apartments et al. v. Shirley Prince et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-10
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brantley Rowlen, Donavan Eason, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Madison, (Southeast Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1211

    Court affirms denial of apartment manager's summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case due to questions of fact over manager's knowledge of a hazard

  • Pappas Restaurant, Inc. v. Welch et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-10
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Leet, Michael Rust, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Nicholas Boyd, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Wynn, James Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Aleksandra Bronsted, (Law Offices of Aleksandra Bronsted PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Warner Fox, Christine Mast, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, Bret Moore, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1341

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment and rules in favor of property owner and security company on claims for negligence following a shooting in a parking lot

  • Westmoreland v. Walgreen Co

    Publication Date: 2021-12-28
    Practice Area: Evidence | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Lackland, (Lackland & Associates LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold Hilton, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Terrance Sullivan, (Insley & Race, LLC), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, Asya Morgan, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1753

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a retail store on plaintiff's claim for premises liability after she was injured by glass from bottles that dropped onto a floor

  • Blondell et al. v. Courtney Station 300 LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Brooks, (Brooks Law Firm), Savannah, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, Meredith Kincaid, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Johnson, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, John McKinley, Bridgette Eckerson, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, Derek Mendicino, (Penna & Mendicino), Conyers, Tracy O’Connell, Philip Thompson, Gary Tiller, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0731

    Court affirms summary judgment denials in personal injury case due to genuine issues of material fact on all claims other than nuisance