Publication Date: 2019-11-18
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Premises Liability
Industry: Real Estate
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Gebhardt, (Gebhardt Law Firm), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Sun S. Choy, Jacob Edward Daly, Wes C. Jackson, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Valdosta, for appellee. Dana J. Norman, Thomas Charles Blaska, Thomas C. Blaska, (The Blaska Law Firm), Atlanta, Laura Wilson Speed, (Speed & King LLC), Atlanta, John David Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Caleb Frank Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Janise L. Miller, Atlanta, Kenneth M. Sissel, Lilburn, Alan B. Gordon, Lilburn, Eugene C. Brooks, IV, (Brooks Law Office), Savannah, Cole Thaler, Crystal Angelique Redd, (Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation), Atlanta,, for Amicus Appellant. Mark W. Wortham, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, Pearson Kern Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, Hall F. McKinley, III, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Garret Warrington Meader, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Brunswick, James Miachaell Williams, (Fowler Hein Passino Cheatwood & Williams, LLP), Atlanta, John J. McDermott, (National Apartment Association), Arlington, for Amicus Appellee. Kevin Patrick Branch, Zach M. Matthews, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP), Alpharetta, for other party.
Case Number: S18G1326
Limitations provision in lease agreement applies only to contractual actions arising under the lease and not to tort claims