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  • Hall v. Acker

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Rodgers, (The Tolson Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Thomas Sampson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Amelia Baker, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1309

    Court determines that a school security officer does not have official immunity to a student's claims for excessive force and other causes following a pepper-spray incident

  • Morney v. Kiker et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Michelman, (Foy & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, Steven Grunberg, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1473

    Court affirms dismissal of car accident/personal injury lawsuit against a sheriff where plaintiff presented ante litem notice only to the county and not directly to the sheriff

  • Benchmark Rehabilitation Partners, LLC v. SDJ Logistics, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Farley, (McGuire Woods LLP), Atlanta, Laura Cooley, (McGuire Woods, LLP), Richmond, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darrell Carver, (Mykkeltvedt & Loftin LLC), Atlanta, Zachary Matthews, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP), Alpharetta, for appellee; Johnquel Neal, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1519

    Court affirms order compelling a non-party to compel documents in a car accident/injury case

  • Karekezi et al. v. Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise Smith, (Smith Law, LLC), Dacula, William Smith, (Smith Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: P. Freed, Elissa Haynes, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, Joseph Menello, (Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1545

    Court affirms dismissal of a personal injury complaint against a safety system manufacturer, which had provided adequate warnings regarding the use of the system

  • Griffith v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2023-03-23
    Practice Area: Education Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lakeisha Griffith, Lilburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Russell Britt, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee; Brandon White, (Fulton County Office of the Solictor General), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1742

    Tort Claims Based on Complaint Filed With Professional Standards Agency Was Barred by Sovereign and Official Immunity

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  • Miller v. Evans

    Publication Date: 2023-03-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Avery, (The Avery Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Richardson, Lynn Leonard and Associates), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1490

    Court vacated denial of motion to withdraw a settlement that was based on a scrivener's error and remands case for application of proper equitable factors

  • Burch v. Marta et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Smith, Brent McIntosh, (W. Calvin Smith, II, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicole Shockley, (Marta), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1655

    Court affirms denial of a motion to set aside a summary judgment order where service was made but recipient mistakenly did not see a summary judgment motion

  • ABM Aviation v. Prince

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yamisi James, Roger Harris, (Swift, Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rachel Deloach-Bukle, (Monge & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1566

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment on a respondeat superior claim as to an employer's liability but reverses as to denial of judgment on direct negligence claims

  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-23
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Henningsen, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Susan Cremer, (Neff Law), Atlanta, Timothy Peagler, (Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Cohen, Sean Jessee, Andrew Smith, (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Blavin, John Major, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), San Francisco, Anne Conley, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, for appellee; Robert Johnson, (Johnson & Alday LLC), Marietta, Anne Gower, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1218

    Party Injured in Auto Collision Adequately Stated Claim Negligently Designed Software Was Proximate Cause

  • Smoot-Lee v. Corizon Health, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-23
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Claiborne, (The Claiborne Firm, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Frisch, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair), Atlanta, for appellee; R. Hart, (Hart & Associates Law Firm LLC), Savannah, Shena Burton, (Boost Mobile), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1210

    In-Prison Health Care Provider Lacked Control Over Inmate With Mental Health Issues, Precluding Liability For Injury