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  • Pappas Restaurant, Inc. v. Welch et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-18
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Leet, Michael Rust, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Nicholas Boyd, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Jennifer Peterson, Michael Terry, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Edward Wynn, James Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Aleksandra Bronsted, (Law Offices of Aleksandra Bronsted PC), Atlanta,, for appellee; Warner Fox, Christine Mast, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for other party; Philip Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, Bret Moore, (Bret Moore Law), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1341

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment in wrongful death and negligence claims against restaurant and security company

  • Drucker v. Morgan et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-01
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Brooks, (Brooks Law Firm), Savannah, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Mast, Christopher Lee, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0593

    Court affirms summary judgment for certain entities in a premises liability claim but reverses dismissal of claims against a rental property's owner due to unresolved questions of fact

  • Suresh & Durga, Inc. v. Jane Doe

    Publication Date: 2023-11-30
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Harris, Kori Wagner, (Swift, Currie Mcghee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick McDonough, Tyler Dillard, Jonathan Tonge, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0942

    Court affirms denial of motel's motion for summary judgment in a premises liability case involving sex trafficking, finding material questions of fact as to foreseeability, duty of care, and causation

  • Fields v. Rainbow Community Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-17
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet Scott, Eugene Felton, Quinton Seay, (Seay/Felton LLC), Atlanta, Alexandria Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frank Bedinger, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1009

    Court reverses summary judgment award in favor of homeless shelter due to open issues of fact on foreseeability, and vacates breach of contract order and remands for further consideration

  • P&D Ole Times, LLC v. McCray

    Publication Date: 2023-10-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Kennerly, John Smith, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Tate, Andrew Zemany, (Tate Law Group LLC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1192

    Court reverses denial of a restaurant's summary judgment motion in a slip-and-fall case because injured plaintiff failed to exercise reasonable care for his safety

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  • Hare Krishna Roswell Hotel, LLC v. Corsino

    Publication Date: 2023-10-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McDaniel, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Jalisa Stevens, (Copeland Stair Valz Lovell), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Hudson, (Penn & Seaborn, LLC), Montgomery, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1016

    Court reverses denial of a hotel's motion for summary judgment where the hotel had no legal duty to the plaintiff whose identity had been stolen

  • Jordan v. Kimpton Hotel and Restaurant Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Cooper, Kenneth Barton, (Cooper, Barton & Cooper, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Doyle, Andrew Eaton, Cali Kerr, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0212

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of a hotel on causes related to breach of contract and affirms as to other causes where hotel evicted a guest

  • Efficiency Lodge, Inc. v. Neason, et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-20
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles R. Bliss, Elizabeth Ann Guerrant, Lindsey Meredith Siegel, Rachel Miller Lazarus, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.), Decatur, Harold T. Daniel, Jr., (Harold Daniel Law LLC), Atlanta, David Alfred Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Miriam Fisher Gutman, Jamie B.J. Rush, (Southern Poverty Law Center), Decatur, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0838

    Remand Necessary to Determine Whether Renters in Extended-Stay Motel Had Landlord-Tenant Relationship With Motel

  • Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company v. RPG Hospitality, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Blackwell, David Carpenter, Tiffany Powers, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Brent Kaplan, Hilary Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Cosper, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee; Roger Sumrall, Carrie Moss, (Bendin Sumarall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0047

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of an insured party due to questions of fact caused by an ambiguity in the policy over limits for certain damage

  • Friendship Enterprises, Inc. v. Hasty

    Publication Date: 2023-07-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Hergenroether, (McAngus Goudelock & Courie), Atlanta, Michael DeLeva, (SK Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Sullivan, (Mark A. Sullivan Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0520

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment on some claims and affirms on others due to issues of material fact in an injury case involving burns from liquid nitrogen burns