• McCauley v. Powell et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mari Myer, (The Myer Law Firm), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Bailey, (The Mabra Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1102

    Court partially affirms and partially vacates summary judgment in a defamation and civil RICO case and remands for further proceedings on the RICO claim

  • Simmons et al. v. Solo Cup Operating Corporation

    Publication Date: 2024-11-06
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Beer, (SSMK Legal, LLC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Minock, Nicole Bigman, (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie Christie, Carrie Christie, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, Mari Agasarkisian, Atlanta, for appellee; Frederick Ferrand, Lauren Meadows, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0623

    Court reverses dismissal in wrongful death lawsuit against a manufacturer, finding that the Workers' Comp Act did not apply because the decedent's injuries were not incidental to employment

  • Robinson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Radford, (Radford & Keebaugh), Decatur, Zachary Panter, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0729

    Court reverses denial of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits due to direct COVID-19 impact on petitioner's ability to maintain his employment

  • P&J Beverage Corporation v. The Bottle Shop, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-13
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Hodges, (Philips Branch & Hodges), Columbus, David Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Travis Hargrove, (The Finley Firm), Columbus, Robert Lomax, (Robert R. Lomax, LLC), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0033

    Court affirms judgment of actual and punitive damages and attorneys' fees in favor of a plaintiff that sued for wrongful injunction and abusive litigation

  • Combs v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Francis Moran, (Lumpkin County District Attorney’s Office), Dahlonega, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1704

    Court affirms one conviction for theft by conversion by a business partner but reverses a second conviction due to lack of evidence that funds were not used for business purposes

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  • WS CE Resort Owner, LLC v. Holland et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Tax
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Davison Burch, Jr., Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., Leah Ward Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey Spencer Haymore, Julie Louise Sellers, Randolph Baxter Russell, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Robert Stone, (Sugarman Law, LLP), Atlanta, John O’Shea Sullivan, (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, for appellee; Joshua Adam Scoggins, Kenneth Stanton Kincaid, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S22G0030

    "Golf Course" Designation on Subdivision Plat Did Not Create Easement Benefiting Homeowners

  • Tavistock Freebirds v. The Coca-Cola Company

    Publication Date: 2023-02-09
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Maguire, James Cole, (Parks Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Evans, Tiffany Watkins, (Stacey Evans Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0010

    Beverage Vendor's Sales Puffery Did Not Support Restaurant's Claims For Breach of Contract and Fraud

  • Velazquez v. Mata

    Publication Date: 2022-12-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Schoenthaler, Neill Wright, Christopher Rosser, (Schoenthaler Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Anton, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1356

    Court reverses JNOV order that had been in favor of a defendant in a case involving breach of fiduciary duty because evidence supported plaintiff's allegations.

  • NRD Partners II, L. P. v. Quadre Investments, L. P

    Publication Date: 2022-08-03
    Practice Area: Discovery | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanford Wilson, Brent Wasser, (Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson LLP), Atlanta, Max DeLeon, Fredric Cohen, (Cheng Cohen LLC), Chicago, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Tate, Tyler Dillard, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee; Emily Hancock, Richard Strickland, (Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins), Brunswick, Leland Wykoff, Pigeon Forge Lawrence Lebow, Gainesville, Jonathan Lebow, Mercer Island, Miriam Roth, Mercer Island for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0595

    Court vacates attorney fee award in matter involving a motion to compel discovery against a non-party in a shareholder dispute and remands for further analysis

  • Smith v. Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Harman, Eric Fredrickson, (Harman Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Nidel, (Nidel & Nace, PLLC), Rockville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eileen Rumfelt, Atlanta, Meredith Lee, Robert Parsley, C. Townsend, (Miller & Martins), Chattanooga, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0170

    Consumer's Harmful-Ingredient Claim Against Food Supplement Manufacturer Raised Issues Within Primary Jurisdiction of FDA