• Albright et al. v. Terminal Investment Corporation

    Publication Date: 2024-12-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage, Zachary Sprouse, (Savage Turner Durham Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Roberts, (Oliver Maner), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1191

    Court reverses summary judgment in favor of defendant in a negligence case, finding fact issues regarding causation that are for resolution by the jury

  • Cribb et al v. Moore et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Kennerly, John Smith, (Young Thagard Hoffman, LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Tunison, James Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Nicola Bajalia, (Bajalia Law Firm, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1036

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Denial of Defendants' Summary Judgment Motion in Plaintiffs' Negligence Lawsuit Over Damages Sustained in a Fire

  • Travelers Property Casualty Insurance Co. v. Lipsey

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, Lauren Woodrick, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas Schnyder, Dennis Sawan, (Nick Schnyder Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Donald Bowman, (Boyd & Jenerette, PA), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A1114

    Court Reverses Denial of Insurer's Summary Judgment Motion in a Negligence Action, Concluding that Uninsured Motorist Coverage Does Not Apply in Vehicle Shooting Case

  • Sandler v. Coger

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashley Rice, Kayla Bell, (Waldon Adelman Castilla McNamara & Prout), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Milton Eisenberg, (Dan Chapman & Associates, LLC), Conyers, Tyler Watkins, (Gorinshteyn & Watkins LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Alan Gibson, (Worsham, Corsi, Dobur & Berss), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0968

    Party Had Right to Open and Close Final Arguments After Opposing Party Quoted From Doctor's Blog Post During Cross-Examination

  • Trejo v. Ken Corbett Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-12-11
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Saleem Dennis, (Sam D. Dennis, P.C.), Valdosta, Carl Varnedoe, (Carl R Varnedoe, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee; Christopher Freeman, (Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A.), Atlanta, Scot Pool, (Forbes, Foster & Pool), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0709

    Court affirms summary judgment order that business interdependency alone does not establish joint venture for purposes of shared liability in a personal injury case

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  • Georgia Department of Transportation v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Government | Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Kathleen Turnipseed, William Tomlin, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Britt, Jeremy McKenzie, Nicholas Evans, (Karsman, McKenzie & Hart), Savannah, Daniel Boles, (Boles Law Firm, LLC), North Charleston, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0902

    Ante Litem Notice Filed by Plaintiff Suing Government Agency Failed to Include Certified Mail Receipt as Proof of Mailing

  • Jones et al. v. Scarlett & Associates, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Gorby, (Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC), Tucker, Mary Peters, (Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Troy Covington, Sean Ryan, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, Kenneth Newby, Jamaal Brown, (Newby Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; David Broussard, (Clyde & Co US LLP), Atlanta, Saint Security, LLC, (Saint Security, LLC c/o Bonsai Bix Filings, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A1022

    Restaurant Guard's Employment Relationship Did Not Preclude Application of Mutual Combatant Doctrine

  • Hampton v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2024-12-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, Mark Nonni, (Barrett Nonni Homola & Ferraro, PLLC), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Spurlin, (Spurlin & McCorvey), Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0933

    Court reverses dismissal of amended personal injury complaint and allows plaintiff's amendment to correct defendant name where original name was a misnomer

  • Willis v. Cowabunga, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-03
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A24A0783

    Jury Question Presented as to Whether Injury to One Foot Was Proximately Caused by Favoring Other, Previously-Injured Foot

  • Diaz v. Thweatt et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-28
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Curtright, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1062

    Court enforces settlement in a motor vehicle accident case, finding that insurer's response to the injured parties' counteroffer met the legal requirements for acceptance under OCGA § 9-11-67.1