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Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
Industry: Construction
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Hedrick (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Derric Crowther (Crowther Law Firm, PC), Atlanta; Deirdre Stephens (Attorney at Law), Pine Lake, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A1652
Defendant was entitled to summary judgment in plaintiff's premises liability suit because plaintiff had at least equal, if not superior, knowledge as defendant did of the hazard that caused his injury and the evidence was "plain, palpable and undisputable."
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clyde Rickard (Rickard & Nix), Atlanta; Jessica Nix (The Law Office of Rickard & Nix), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Frederick Valz, T. Bell (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Alissa Young, Long Eddy, for other party.
Case Number: A17A1813
Insurer was entitled to summary judgment in plaintiff's action seeking uninsured motorist coverage from his fiancs parents automobile insurance carrier.
Publication Date: 2018-02-12
Practice Area: Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Daniel Porter (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville; Nhan-Ai Simms, Pareesa Amjadi (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: A16A0395
The trial court properly denied juvenile defendant's motion to dismiss the case against him with prejudice because when State fails to file a delinquency petition within the required 30 days or to seek and receive an extension of that deadline, the case must be dismissed without prejudice.
Publication Date: 2018-02-05
Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marion Hayes (GA State Prison), Reidsville, for appellant.
for defendant: Joshua Morrison (Fulton County DA's Office), Atlanta; Paul Howard (District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A16A0588
The Court of Appeals affirmed defendant's convictions and sentences on his Alford plea to burglary and other offenses as the trial court did not participate in plea negotiations in violation of Uniform Superior Court Rule 33.5 (A) and its colloquy with defendant, in which it advised him of the maximum sentence that he could face upon conviction, was permissible.
Publication Date: 2018-01-05
Practice Area: Insurance Law | Insurance Litigation
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, Brent Savage (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah; Lloyd Murray (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas Bass (Brennan, Harris & Rominger), Savannah; Lee Gillis (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP), Macon, for appellee.
Joshua Canton (Attorney at Law), Tallahassee, for other party.
Case Number: A17A1421
The trial court properly granted insurers' motions for summary judgment in plaintiffs' suit seeking uninsured motorist coverage because plaintiffs failed to timely notify insurers of the underlying car accident as required by provisions in the insurance policies.
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Publication Date: 2017-11-15
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. DuBose, Matthew Frick (DuBose Law Group LLC), Madison, for appellant.
for defendant: Christian Henry (Christian G. Henry LLC), Madison, for appellee.
Case Number: A16A1981
The Court vacated the trial court's judgment finding defendant in violation of a zoning ordinance by offering her lake home for short-term rentals because the trial court failed to address defendant's alternative argument that a prior zoning ordinance was unconstitutionally vague.
Publication Date: 2017-11-01
Practice Area: Business Torts | Damages
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel (Holland & Knight), Atlanta; Vernon Strickland (Wargo & French LLP), Atlanta; Charles McDaniel (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta; Wayne McGrew (Weathington McGrew), Atlanta; Leland Kynes (Kynes Law, LLC), Atlanta; Mellori Lumpkin, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Andrew Rogers, Gilbert Deitch (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta; Timothy Peagler (Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta; Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta; Michael Neff (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A15A0828
Amusement park was liable to plaintiff for injuries he sustained after gang members viciously attacked him at a bus stop outside the park, even though plaintiff suffered his injuries beyond park's premises and approaches, but the Court of Appeals erred in ruling that the case had to be retried in its entirety due to an apportionment error, because liability and the calculation of damages sustained were distinct from the apportionment of fault and the apportionment error required retrial only for the apportionment of damages.
Publication Date: 2017-10-20
Practice Area: Administrative Law | Real Estate
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Meeks, Charles Palmer (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Ronald Freeman (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City; Mary Volkert (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A0647
The trial court erred in affirming administrative rulings holding that a business's light-emitting diode signs inside the windows of its building violated City of Atlanta ordinances and the Georgia Outdoor Advertising Control Act.
Publication Date: 2017-10-20
Practice Area: Legal Education
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa Gilbert, Todd Hatcher (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Robert Ingram, Tammi Brown (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta; Carey Olson (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A16A1437
In granting appellees' motion to disqualify appellants' counsel, the trial court failed to first assess whether appellees waived the opportunity to move for disqualification of counsel before granting the motion; accordingly, the Court vacated the order granting the motion and remanded for further proceedings.
Publication Date: 2017-10-19
Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Toxic Torts
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Millar (Millar & Mixon, LLC), Jonesboro; James Sullivan (Attorney at Law), Jonesboro, for appellant.
for defendant: Michael Kendall, Kimberly Mowbray (Kendall Law Group, LLC), Douglasville, for appellee. Michael D. Thornton, Lakeisha L. Thornton, Stockbridge, for other party.
Case Number: A17A0734
The trial court misconstrued the applicable law in granting a landlord's motion for summary judgment in plaintiffs' lawsuit arising after the tenants' dogs escaped from a yard due to a broken gate latch and attacked plaintiff because plaintiffs produced evidence of a violation of a county ordinance that required dogs to be at heel or on a leash and plaintiffs, therefore, were not required to produce evidence of the dogs' vicious propensity.
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