• D. L. v. St. Francis Health, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-10-24
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor Martin, (Martin Trial Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Martin, Sean Mims, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, James Brooks, (OakBridge Law Group), Atlanta, Avery Nail, Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1051

    Court reverses summary judgment order in a premises liability case because of questions of fact over whether intervening criminal conduct was reasonably foreseeable

  • Leggat et al. v. Navicent Health, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Banks, (Banks & Riedel, PC), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hunter Allen, Joscelyn Hughes, Jennifer Bellis, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner), Atlanta, Samuel Lucas, Stephen Moseley, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, LLP), Rome, Jo Jagor, Mikell Reynolds, (Huff Powell Bailey), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, Mitchell Walker, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0631

    COVID Emergency Order Did Not Support Medical Malpractice Plaintiff's Claim For Additional Time to File Expert Affidavit

  • Alligood et al. v. Piedmont Medical Care Corporation, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-04
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph King, (Joseph H. King, Jr. P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Bendin, Kathleen Simcoe, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1039

    Court affirms jury verdict and judgment in favor of a service provider in a malpractice case and rejects plaintiff's contentions of anti-science bias by the jurors

  • Humphrey et al. v. The Emory Clinic, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Alison Currie, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, John Mabrey, (The Mabrey Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Marcovitch, Anna Pieschel, Caroline Gieser, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, Carter Weathington, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, Spencer Bomar, Wayne McGrew, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0735

    Court affirms exclusion of expert opinions as to standard of care and causation against physician specialists because those opinions did not satisfy OCGA § 24-7-702.

  • Hospital Authority of Wayne County v. Amerisourcebergen Drug Corporation, et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bunnell Smith, (Smith, Phelps & Murray), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eileen Elizabeth H. Rumfelt, Robert Foust Parsley, Elizabeth J Marquardt, (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta, Robert A. Nicholas, Shannon E. McClure, (Reed Smith LLP), Philidelphia, Enu A. Mainigi, Jennifer G. Wright, Steven Pyser, Ashley Hardin, (Williams & Connolly LLP), Washington, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Randall Jordan, (Hunter MaClean Exley & Dunn), St. Simons Island, Geoffrey E. Hobart, Mark H. Lynch, Christian J. Pistilli, (Covington & Burling LLP), Washington, Jacqueline Tandy Menk, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Yosef G. Schaffel, Elaine P. Golin, (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz), New York Elizabeth C. Helm, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, Charles C. Lifland, (O’Melveny & Myers LLP), Los Angeles, for appellee; William Wright Banks, Jr., Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, Christopher M. Carr, Wayne R. Beckermann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; David Cohen, Cleveland for other party.

    Case Number: S23Q0486

    Health Agency Lacked Authority to Challenge Constitutionality of Statute Barring Post-Settlement Claims Against Pharmaceutical Companies

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

    Publication Date: 2023-09-22
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    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