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  • Lilienthal v. JLK, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-14
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Insurance Law
    Industry: Education | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sergio Ardila-Ibarra, (Morgan & Morgan), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. McElroy, Robert Peery, (Swift Currie McGheee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0290

    Unresolved Issue as to Whether Employer Posted List of Insurer-Approved Workplace-Injury Physicians in Prominent Place

  • Tucker v. City of Thomasville

    Publication Date: 2023-06-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rafi, Christopher Stokes, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Lawrence, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith, Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0318

    Court reverses summary judgment for a City in a slip-and-fall negligence case where the City had actual or constructive prior notice of the defect that caused the fall

  • The State v. Larscheid

    Publication Date: 2023-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Johnson, Lenny Krick, Sherry Boston, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Dekalb County D A), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence LoRusso, (Lorusso Law Firm, PC), Atlanta, Brian Huckaby, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0309

    Court affirms dismissal of indictments against a patrol officer who used force to subdue an alleged perpetrator who had threatened bodily harm

  • Early v. Morgan Fleet Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-09
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Samuel Starks, Shean Williams, (The Cochran Firm Atlanta), Atlanta, Andre’ Ramsay, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0148

    Court reverses summary judgment and rules that an expert's opinion is admissible in a negligence matter even though the opinion is not based on a hard scientific basis

  • Bryant v. Okafor

    Publication Date: 2023-05-31
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Bengtson, (The Law Firm of Benjamin O. Bengtson), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jesse Broocker, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, Elizabeth Linginfelter, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, David Hanson, (The Hanson Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Sharonda Boyce, Devon Zawko, (Huff Powell and Bailey LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0041

    Court reverses order granting a motion to dismiss a plaintiff's medical malpractice complaint, finding that a nurse and nurse practitioner are members of the same profession

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  • Salaam v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0091

    Court rejects defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence to support convictions for armed robbery and gang activity, but vacates one count due to merger error

  • Espinoza v. Morel et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Romero Pearson, (Pearson Law Group, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Olson, (Fain, Major and Brennan, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1653

    Court reverses summary judgment order that had been in favor of a dog's owners where party injured by the dog could show violation of a local restraint ordinance

  • Bray et al. v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Hendrix, Warren Lietz, (Finch McCranie), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Waymire, Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1469

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a sheriff who failed to activate a tornada warning system, finding that the public duty doctrine barred the plaintiff's claims

  • Rounds et al. v. Hall County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Buckley, Michael Kramer, Anita Balasubramanian, (Buckley Bala Wison Mew LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenton Bean, P. Freed, William Buechner, Benton Mathis, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1584

    County affirms summary judgment in favor of a County and against a class of employees who argued that the County improperly terminated a defined benefits plan

  • Antonio Cecil Maxwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Edwards, Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1697

    Court affirms convictions for rape and kidnapping over defendant's contentions of failure to suppress statements and to sever offenses, and objections to a jury charge