• Couch v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Coweta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Franklin, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Matthew Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1034

    Court affirms denial of motion drug suppress evidence found in a hotel room because hotel guest lost a right to privacy after scheduled checkout time

  • Be Our Guest Investments, LLC v. Piedmont Park Conservancy, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Hulsey, Jeffrey Morgan, Sydnie Zachary, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason McLarry, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Brett Tarver, (Insley and Race, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0618

    Court reverses summary judgment order and remands in a breach of contract action because trial court misapplied the new business rule to exclude evidence of lost profits

  • Monterrey Mex, Inc. v. Collins

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Noah Caldwell, (Maynard Nexsen PC), New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Phillip Cody, Douglas McDonald, (McDonald & Cody Law Offices), Cornelia, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Miguel Debon, (The Debon Law Group, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Russell Davis, (Downey & Cleveland), Marietta, other party.

    Case Number: A24A0281

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment in dram shop liability case because of question of material fact over restaurant's constructive knowledge of patron's intent to drive

  • Preview Restaurants, LLC v. Shops At 2221 Peachtree, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cheng, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine Silverman, (Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0237

    Court affirms lease termination and admissibility of restoration cost estimate as a non-hearsay business record in a commercial dispossessory case

  • 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

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  • 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

  • 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