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  • Simmons et al. v. Solo Cup Operating Corporation

    Publication Date: 2024-11-06
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Beer, (SSMK Legal, LLC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Minock, Nicole Bigman, (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie Christie, Carrie Christie, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, Mari Agasarkisian, Atlanta, for appellee; Frederick Ferrand, Lauren Meadows, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0623

    Court reverses dismissal in wrongful death lawsuit against a manufacturer, finding that the Workers' Comp Act did not apply because the decedent's injuries were not incidental to employment

  • McQueen v. Long

    Publication Date: 2024-10-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Patterson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clarence Long, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Reginald Winfrey, (The Criminal Defense Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1165

    Court vacates dismissal of lawsuit against former counsel, citing disqualification of defendant's counsel over conflict of interest

  • Shumate v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Wilkes, (Tallapoosa Circuit Public Defender), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver Browning, Kayleigh Carter, (Polk County District Attorney’s Office), Cedartown, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0862

    Court reverses denial of motion to suppress drug evidence where officers did not have a reasonable suspicion to escalate an encounter and conduct a search of the defendant's vehicle

  • MacMillan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1167

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and aggravated assault over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and alleged jury instruction error

  • Baker v. Cuthbertson

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslee Hungerford, (O’Dell & O’Neal Attorneys), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1098

    Court affirms jury verdict and punitive damages in favor of estate executor against deceased party's partner for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty

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  • Green Meadows Housing Partners, LP et al v. Macon-Bibb County

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Cobb, Michael Eber, Cameron Roberts, (Caplan Cobb LLP), Atlanta, Harold Melton, Charles Peeler, Thomas Reilly, Dominyka Plukaite, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. Cooke, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, Michael McNeill, (Macon-Bibb County Attorney’s Office), Macon, for appellee; Michael Lambros, (The Lambros Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0693

    Court reverses ex parte order and vacates nuisance findings in a County's public-nuisance case against apartments, and affirms that Civil Practice Act applies to nuisance abatement actions

  • Dial v. Burge

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Harding, (Attorney at Law), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeAnne Cooper, (Petrelli Previtera, LLC), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0885

    Court reverses dismissal of petition for child support modification based on alleged income loss where petition was filed within an exception of the two-year limitation in OCGA § 19-6-15 (k) (2)

  • The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Turner et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-19
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hall, Jacquelyn Clarke, Austin Atkinson, Pearson Cunningham, Michael Profit, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Randolph Powell, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell & Bailey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracey Dellacona, (Dellacona Law Firm), Macon, Caleb Walker, Katherine McArthur, Lindsey Macon, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellee; Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, William Rissler, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lisa Churvis, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Heistand & Prout), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0378

    Court affirms $9.2 million jury verdict for medical malpractice and wrongful death, rejecting defendants' arguments as to causation and excess damages

  • Kidd et al. v. Metro Brokers, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-12
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Brokerage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Bell, (Bell Law Firm), Atlanta, Bruce Berger, (Berger Law Firm), Atlanta, Shuli Green, (Shuli L. Green, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ned Blumenthal, Seth Weissman, (Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee; Seth Weissman, (Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: A24A1072

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of real estate brokers and agents, who were found not to be liable for fatal injuries to a visitor at a property shown for sale

  • Kathy Boone et al v. Vascular Surgical Associates, P.C., et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-04
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Daniel Moriarty, (Green Sapp & Moriarty, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Childers, (Childers, Schlueter & Smith, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Fretwell, Mikell Reynolds, (Huff Powell Bailey), Atlanta, Robert Monyak, (Peters & Monyak, LLP), Atlanta, Neil Edwards, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Max Wallace, (Conway Eader LLLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0749

    Court affirms verdict in favor of medical professionals in a medical malpractice suit, upholding the validity of expert testimony and jury instructions