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  • Reid v. Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Law Firm Client Relationships | Products Liability
    Industry: Electronics
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Min Koo, (Infinity Trial Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Pete Werdesheim, (Werdesheim Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Thompson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Eric Bumgartner, (Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins, LLP), Brunswick, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1728

    Court affirms disqualification of plaintiff's attorney in a product liability case where she had previously worked for the defendant's liability insurer on similar matters

  • The State v. Newberry

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Weathers, John Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit - District Attorney), Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Tramel, (Attorney at Law), Lilburn, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1467

    Court reverses dismissal of charges, finding that missing video footage of the charged crime was not exculpatory and defendant's due process rights were not violated

  • Kim v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, John Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1345

    Court affirms convictions for rape and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • United Parcel Service of America, Inc. et al. v. Whitlock et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dennis Cathey, Matthew Cathey, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, for appellee; Denise Hoying, Peter Law, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, John McKinley, Sean Boyd, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    for defendant: Jonathan Friedman, Philip O’Neill, Gary Toman, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    Case Number: A22A1231

    Court affirms order applying South Carolina law to wrongful death and punitive damages claims and vacates and remands an order that addressed spoliation of evidence

  • BCG Operations, LLC v. Town of Homer et al.; and vice versa

    Publication Date: 2023-02-27
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Reeves, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, Matthew Smith, Daniel Dupree, (Smith Gilliam Williams & Miles PA), Gainesville, Patrick Testa, (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johannes Kingma, Daniel Millman, (Stites & Harbison PLLC), Atlanta, R. Syfan, (Hulsey, Oliver and Mahar, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1183

    Court affirms denial of motion for summary judgment on damages where petitioner had already been awarded a writ of mandamus, and dismisses cross-appeal as moot

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  • Underwood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristin Waller, (Attorney at Law), Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Patrick Najjar, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1448

    Court affirms convictions for trafficking of methamphetamine and other crimes over defendant's challenge to denial of her motion to suppress evidence

  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-23
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Henningsen, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Susan Cremer, (Neff Law), Atlanta, Timothy Peagler, (Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Cohen, Sean Jessee, Andrew Smith, (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Blavin, John Major, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), San Francisco, Anne Conley, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, for appellee; Robert Johnson, (Johnson & Alday LLC), Marietta, Anne Gower, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1218

    Party Injured in Auto Collision Adequately Stated Claim Negligently Designed Software Was Proximate Cause

  • Smoot-Lee v. Corizon Health, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-23
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Claiborne, (The Claiborne Firm, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Frisch, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair), Atlanta, for appellee; R. Hart, (Hart & Associates Law Firm LLC), Savannah, Shena Burton, (Boost Mobile), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1210

    In-Prison Health Care Provider Lacked Control Over Inmate With Mental Health Issues, Precluding Liability For Injury

  • Blackwell v. Dreamworks Restoration Contractors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-23
    Practice Area: Contracts | Litigation
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Blackwell, Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Carson, (Charles R. Carson, P.C. dba Carson Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1293

    Court reverses verdict that had been in favor of a contractor in a lien and breach of contract action where trial court improperly excluded testimony from two witnesses

  • Steffey v. Ameris Bank et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Meadors, (Allen Meadors Practitioners), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shanon McGinnis, (Wargo & French LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1368

    Court reverses dismissal of breach of contract claims where plaintiff was charged interest on a construction loan but never took a draw under that loan