• Miller et al. v. Golden Peanut Company, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-22
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leland Hiatt Kynes, (Kynes Law, LLC), Atlanta, James Lory King, II, (The King Firm), Tifton, Bree Owens Sullivan, (The Sullivan Firm LLC), Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Adam Caplan, Timothy Brandon Waddell, (Caplan Cobb LLP), Atlanta, Danielle Corin Le Jeune, (Cozen O’Connor), Atlanta, Tia C. Ghattas, (Cozen O’Connor), Chicago,, Josh M. Greenbaum, (Cozen O’Connor), Philadelphia, Steven J. Kyle, William Randal Bryant, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Michael Scott Carlson, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Adam Robert Abbate, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.

    Case Number: S22G0905

    Court rules that expert testimony from an investigating officer in an auto accident case is subject to the same Rule 702 analysis as testimony from other expert witnesses

  • Think Development Systems, Inc. v. Cloudious, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-29
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Lackland, (Lackland & Associates LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cody Wigington, (Wigington LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1042

    Questions of Fact Presented as to Whether Parties Modified Agreement or Waived Strict Compliance

  • City of Brookhaven v. Multiplex, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Balch, (Balch Law Group), Atlanta, William Downs, Benjamin Baker, (Downs Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Thomas, Jaletta Smith, Dana Lohrberg, (Andersen, Tate & Car, P.C.), Duluth, Alexander Caskey, (Elekta, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0843

    "Delay" Clause in Construction Contract Not Enforceable Liquidated Damages Provision

  • Doe v. Vest Monroe, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Bonder, Joseph White, (730 Peachtree Street, NE), Atlanta, Roy Kelly, Caitlin Derst, (Kelly & Kelly LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kimberly Woodland, Kathleen Broyles, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0605

    Court reverses denial of a motion for class certification in a case involving unauthorized disclosure of more 1,415 patient medical treatment records

  • Green et al. v. Pinnix et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellee; Georgia Hospital Association, Inc. et al., Atlanta, Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A0547

    Court reverses an order finding that a defendant had violated HIPAA, concluding that the transmission of medical records to a treating doctor was not a HIPAA violation

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  • Columbus, Georgia Board of Tax Assessors et al. v. The Medical Center Hospital Authority.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lomax, (Robert R. Lomax, LLC), Columbus, Charles Palmer, (Troutman & Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Buchanan, (Buchanan Law Firm, PC), Columbus, Andrew Rothschild, (Rothschild & Rothschild, P.C.), Columbus, Robert Ashe, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0373

    Court affirms exemption from property taxation for an elder care facility leased and managed by a hospital authority for a public purpose

  • Files v. The Housing Authority of the City of Douglas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Shipley, John Manly, (Manly Shipley LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Blackerby, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0506

    Court reverses grant of summary judgment in favor of a housing authority, finding that it is not a State entity that is entitled to sovereign immunity in a negligence case

  • Pass v. Athens Housing Authority

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Peter Law, Ernest Moran, Elizabeth Rose, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Dean, Parks Stone, Lawrence Washburn, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Roy Manoll, (Fortson Bentley And Griffin), Athens, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0344

    Court reverses ruling that a City Housing Authority was entitled to summary judgment due to sovereign immunity on a premises liability claim

  • Blevins et al. v. PEGGA, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Schoenthaler, Neill Wright, Christopher Rosser, (Schoenthaler Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Ginsberg, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, Joseph Prescott, (Fellows Labriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0061

    Expert Testimony Not Necessary to Establish Cause of Pain Experienced When Blood-Draw Technician Pierced Bone

  • Zephaniah v. Georgia Clinic, P.C

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Annie Zephaniah, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terrell Benton, William Story, Thomas Haswell, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0057

    Expert Testimony Not Necessary to Establish Cause of Pain Experienced When Blood-Draw Technician Pierced Bone