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  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2021-12-01
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Peter Law, Brian Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, Brian Trulock, Carrie Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, James Rice, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0677

    Court affirms $42,750,000 jury verdict in a premises liability action where the plaintiff was shot in the defendant's parking lot that was known to be unsafe

  • Stadterman v. Southwood Realty Co., et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-23
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Schermerhorn, (The Schermerhorn Firm), Atlanta, Robert Ashe, Juliana Mesa, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Doyle, Andrew Eaton, Norbert Hummel, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0682

    Court affirms summary judgment for property owners and managers in a premises liability action stemming from shooting injuries sustained by plaintiff

  • Starks et al. v. USG Real Estate Foundation III, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-08
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Samuel Starks, Shean Williams, (The Cochran Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Smith, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0950

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of out-of-possession landlord on plaintiffs' claims for negligence and nuisance related to a shooting death of their son

  • Moran v. Team Elite Realty, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Massey, (Massey & Sharry, LLP), Winder, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, James Seifter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Broughton, Robert Parker, (Allen L Broughton PC), Atlanta, John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1036

    Court affirms summary judgment for property owner and realtor in a slip and fall case where neither defendant had actual or constructive knowledge of property defect

  • Stanton v. Griffin

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Citron, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Brown, (Brown & Adams, LLC), Columbus, Brooke Sexton, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0845

    Court affirms summary judgment for landowner in a premises liability case where the injured party was a licensee and not an invitee on the property

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  • Schock v. Holy Trinity Catholic Church et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-13
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Graylin Ward, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Richens, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Tiffany Winks, Caroline Jozefczyk, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0998

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a charitable organization on plaintiff's slip-and-fall claim, finding that the claim was barred by the Recreational Property Act

  • Durham v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-05
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erica Durham, Opelika, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Strickland, Nelofar Agharahimi, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0624

    Trial Court Erred by Issuing an Incomplete Jury Instruction on Apportionment in Premises Liability Action; Denial of Motion for New Trial Remanded

  • Gatto et al. v. City of Statesboro et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, George Brian Spears, (G. Brian Spears, P.C.), Atlanta, Charles Edwin Johnson, (Foy & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Read Gignilliat, John Campbell Stivarius, Jr., Tracy Lynn Glanton, (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta,; Craig T. Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, Amicus Appellant; Seth Michael Friedman, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, Emily Clare Hirst, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0651

    Court affirms that a municipality has sovereign immunity from claims for nuisance liability when the municipality does not own or control property where injuries occurred

  • Star Residential, LLC et al. v. Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2021-07-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie C. Ellis, Jr., Warner S. Fox, Elliott Crawford Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Robert B. Gilbreath, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Dallas, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney Leighton Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Decatur, for Appellee; Warren Calvin Smith, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party; Jacob Edward Daly, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Ward, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Brunswick, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, James Miachaell Williams, (Georgia Apartment Association), Atlanta, Barry Goheen, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1214

    Court reverses denial of a property manager's motion to dismiss an injured party's cause of action for nuisance under the Street Gang Terrorism Act

  • Bennett v. McPhatter

    Publication Date: 2021-07-13
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Bristol, Mary Boone, Timothy Bishop, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Eichholz, Kathryn Sherry, (The Eichholz Law Firm), Savannah, for appellee. Brenda Daughtry, Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0270

    Title: Court reverses denial of landlord's summary judgment motion in a premises liability action where the landlord had no actual or constructive knowledge of a defect