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  • Savannah State University Foundation, Inc. et al. v. Lewis et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-20
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Smith, Phillip Hartley, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Madison, (Southeast Law, LLC), Savannah, John Carson, (Phillips Carson & Phillips), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1199

    Court reverses denial of defendants' summary judgment motion in a premises liability case, finding that defendants were out-of-possession landlords that did not control or possess the property

  • Davis v. The Estate of James Leslie McClain III

    Publication Date: 2023-12-19
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Patterson, (The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Epps, Tyler Gaines, (Epps, Holloway, DeLoach & Hoipkemier LLC), Watkinsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1222

    Court affirms summary judgment in dispute over a will provision, finding that the will created a tenancy in common because it did not use the requisite language to create a joint tenancy

  • Head et al. v. Planet Home Lending, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-19
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Kunst, (Paul C. Kunst PC), Barnesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bret Chaness, Patricia Whitehead, (Rubin Lublin LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1279

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of lender in a mortgage reversion case, rejecting property owner's statute of limitations and laches claims

  • Bradley v. Westrock CP, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Bradley, Petersburg, for appellant.
    for defendant: Colin Kelly, Timia Skelton, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1236

    Court partially reverses summary judgment in a negligence suit, finding that personal injury claims for negligence and design defects were not barred by res judicata based on prior property damage suit

  • Lawson v. Weidman

    Publication Date: 2023-12-18
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Iasiah Jones, (Jones Legal Practice, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert Myers, (Albert A. Myers III PC), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1259

    Court dismisses part of appeal to a temporary injunction to the extent it related to property and affirms a trial court ruling that set aside a quitclaim deed to that property

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  • Docs of Ct, LLC v. Biotek Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Birg, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Brunson, (Brunson Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0974

    Court affirms arbitration award despite irregularities in arbitration process that involved ex parte communications between one party and the arbitrator and failure to maintain a proper record

  • Bowers v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Alison Currie, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Randolph Mayer, (Mayer & Harper LLP), Atlanta, Shawn Ricci, (Marc J. Bern & Partners, LLP), Conshohocken, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Loebl, Sonja Tate, (Fulcher Hagler LLP), Augusta, Frank Gordon, (Millberg Gordon Stewart PLLC), Raleigh, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0839

    Court affirms exclusion of expert testimony and grant of summary judgment in favor of an employer in a FELA lung cancer case, finding that the testimony speculated and did not establish causation

  • Hi Technology Corp. v. Quality Investment Properties Suwanee, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Call Centers
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Blackwell, James Grant, Jonathan Parente, Caroline Rawls, Anderson Kemp, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Balser, Robert Griest, Billie Pritchard, Charles Spalding, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0808

    Court affirms liability limitation on claims for breach of contract, affirms in part and reverses in part summary judgment on defamation claims, and affirms denial of prejudgment interest

  • Pennington et al. v. Bridge Senior Living, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-05
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Gewirtz, Eric Hertz, (Eric J Hertz, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Parks Stone, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0883

    Court affirms summary judgment in a premises liability case involving a fatal fall at an assisted living facility, finding that injured party had equal knowledge and should have been aware of a hazard

  • WW3 Ventures, LLC v. The Bank of New York Mellon As Successor Trustee Under Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust Series 2006-2

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Ayoub, Carolina Bryant, (Ayoub & Mansour LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Gilroy, (The Gilroy Firm), Atlanta, Matthew Totten, (The Totten Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; James Blum, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0719

    Court affirms that a bidder for a lien on property took title to the property subject to a mortgagor's security interest where security deed did not include a witness attestation