• Dixie Amusement, LLC v. Primero Games, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Kushner, Ethan Knott, (Fellows LaBriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Brannen, (Tesla, Inc.), Washington, Elizabeth Scherer, (Fox Rothschild LLP), Raleigh, Keith Kodosky, Ronald Masterson, Cameron Mobley, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1103

    Court vacates ruling in a breach of contract business dispute over contract terms of sale and whether those terms materially altered a contract under UCC Section 2-207

  • Funvestment Group, LLC v. Crittenden

    Publication Date: 2024-08-13
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Oliver, Les Schneider, Thomas Walker, (Wimberly, Lawson, Steckel, Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Stay, Alex Sponseller, Melody Chapman, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0193

    Court reverses its previous opinion and adopts Georgia Supreme Court ruling that gross revenues generated from coin-operated amusement machines are exempt from sales and use taxes

  • Bailey et al. v. Make A Difference Ministries, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Swanson, Andrew Jones, (Jones & Swanson, LLC), Marietta, Andrew Ashby, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Luskin, Anelise Codrington, (Chartwell Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0546

    Court partially reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of defendant in a negligence case, finding possible gross negligence, but affirms denial of punitive damages and attorneys

  • American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Gillis

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, Lauren Kamensky, Sarah Daley, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Richard Jenkins, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Morrow, for appellee; Lervette Blair, (Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0537

    Court reverses denial of a motion for summary judgment in a premises liability case because plaintiff had equal knowledge of an open and obvious hazard

  • Starship Enterprises of Atlanta, Inc. v. Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2024-07-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Regulation
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan I. Begner, (Begner & Begner, P.C.), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan A. Dykes, Scott Dean Bergthold, (Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold, PLLC), Chattanooga, Chattanooga, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0361

    Court affirms dismissal of a constitutional challenge to Gwinnett County's adult establishment ordinance on grounds of res judicata

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  • Fun Spot America of Atlanta, Inc. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2024-04-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Strickland, Kelly Chartash, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Je'Nita Lane, (The J. Lane Law Group, P.C.), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1463

    Court reverses denial of amusement park's motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case, finding that park patron assumed the risk of injury in a go-kart collision incident

  • McCommons, et al. v. White, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman, (Attorney at Law), Madison, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Joedecke, Render Freeman, Tyler Dillard, Hayley Rymer, (Andersen Tate & Carr PC), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1541

    Court affirms $22 Million Award in wrongful death lawsuit against dirt bike trail operator, finding evidence of gross negligence that precluded operator's reliance on a waiver signed by decedent

  • Sivak v. Georgia Department of Natural Resources

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Cross, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, Brandon Smith, (Shiver Hamilton LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Boyter, Christopher Carr, Angela Cusimano, Kristine Hayter, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1323

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury and premises liability lawsuit against Georgia Department of Natural Resources, citing sovereign immunity and discretionary functions exception

  • Soundara v. AMB Sports & Entertainment, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexandria Seay, Rishi Pattni, (Bird Law Group), Atlanta, T. Bell, (Bell Injury Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Gaither, Mitchell Robinson, Jarvarus Gresham, (BakerHostetler LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Joseph Rahimi, John Hubert, (Rahimi, Hughes & Padgett, LLC), Savannah, Marc Bardack, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Carlos Fernandez, (Meriwether & Tharp LLC), Atlanta, for Other party.

    Case Number: A23A1449

    Court affirms summary judgment for a stadium and security in an injury case involving a brawl, but reverses summary judgment for defendants as to injured victims assault and battery claims

  • Smith v. Six Flags Over Georgia II, LP

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Lina, James Goldstein, (Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Bagley, Colleen Callaghan, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1431

    Court affirms summary judgment for an amusement park in a personal injury case, finding that injured party had equal knowledge of risks that were open and obvious