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  • In the Matter of Daniel Kirkland McCall.

    Publication Date: 2022-08-02
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Constance Mcmanus, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22Y0729

    Attorney Requesting Voluntary Discipline Failed to Show Why Suspension Should be Imposed Nunc Pro Tunc

  • Emory University d/b/a Emory University Hospital Smyrna et al. v. Kennestone Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital

    Publication Date: 2022-07-28
    Practice Area: Regulation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Armando Basarrate, David Darden, Grace Kopache, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs), Atlanta, David Conley, Robert Ingram, (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, Amy Weil, (The Weil Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Stacey Hillock, (Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Daniel Walsh, Dale Cecka, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, Cathelynn Tio, (Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0111

    Court finds that a health care facility required a new Certificate of Need to convert from a long-term to short-term acute care facility

  • Mildred Toomer, in her Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Milton McBride v. Metro Ambulance Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Cuffie, Magua Benson, (Cuffie & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Wolcott, Arthur Park, Sarah MaCkimm, Caitlin Amick, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0160

    Court reverses dismissal of wrongful death cause of action that was added to a personal injury complaint after expiration of the statute of limitations

  • Valade v. Meriwether & Tharp, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Privacy
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, Zachary Lewis, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Aaron Strimban, Robert Tidwell, (Tidwell & Strimban, LLC), Woodstock, John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0330

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been against plaintiff's invasion of privacy claim, finding that the claim was not barred by the abusive litigation statute

  • Joyner et al. v. Leapheart et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hugh Potts, Eugene D. Butt, (James Hugh Potts II, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Irving William Drought, III, Andrew McLean Wilkes, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, Christopher Weis Phillips, (Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn PC), Savannah, for appellee; Jason Lance Crawford, (Crawford & Brown Law Firm LLP), Columbus, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21G0764

    Court reverses dismissal of a wrongful death medical malpractice claim that had been erroneously dismissed under an old version of the OCGA § 9-11-41(a) two-claim rule

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  • Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Graham, Erin Coia, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Teresa Tomlinson, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Atkins, Roderick Edmond, Keith Lindsay, (Edmond, Lindsay & Hoffler. LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Bryan Lutz, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux & Sizemore, LLC), Macon, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A0068

    Court reverses denial of motion to dismiss a complaint for negligence over a COVID-related death because plaintiff's conduct did not rise to a level of gross negligence

  • Domingue et al. v. Ford Motor Company

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, Inc.), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Roger Boorman, Philip Andrew Henderson, Evan E. Smith, IV, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Paul Frederich Malek, Donald Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael W. Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP), Austin, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Alyssa Bernadette Baskam, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Richard B. North, Jr., Alex G. Pisciarino, (Nelson Mullins Rilet & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan R. Friedman, Gary J. Toman, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22Q0279

    Georgia's Seatbelt Statute Did Not Preclude Vehicle Manufacturer From Presenting Evidence of Seatbelt as Part of Restraint System

  • CL SNF, LLC et al. v. Fountain

    Publication Date: 2022-07-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Smiley, (Hanks Brookes LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Quirk, Kellie Holt, (Quirk & Quirk LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gretchen Wagner, Katherine Hughes, (Wagner Hughes, LLC), Atlanta, Jennifer Peterson, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Bethany Schneider, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0773

    Arbitration agreement signed by guardian of mentally-impaired adult was not unenforceable due to unconscionability

  • Hicks et al. v. Universal Health Services, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Gebhardt, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge, Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, Kevin Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marcella Ducca, Lori Cohen, Michael King, Gerond Lawrence, Precious Johnson, Brandon Cox, (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, Margaret McClatchey, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Hostetter, Molly McCall, Jacob Madsen, (Nall & Miller, LLP), Atlanta, Alison Currie, Mikell Reynolds, Christina Essex, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Lavender, (Lavender Hoffman Alderman, LLC), Atlanta, , for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0204

    Court affirms dismissal of survivors' wrongful death claims filed after expiration of statute of limitations, and reverses denial of a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction

  • Fairview Park, Limited Partnership et al. v. Roddenberry

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability | Real Estate
    Industry: Health Care | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Huestis, (Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0821

    Trial Court Erred in Conflating Duty of Care Owed by Owner/Occupier of Premises With Duty Owed by Independent Contractor