• Harmon v. Progressive Premier Insurance Company of Illinois

    Publication Date: 2022-06-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Massey, (Massey & Sharry, LLP), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Trenton Edwards, (Gower Wooten & Darneille LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; David Lift, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0695

    Appellant's Failure to Comply With Interlocutory Appeal Procedures Deprived Court of Appeals of Jurisdiction

  • General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S21G1147

    Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition

  • American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. v. Zeh

    Publication Date: 2022-06-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Batson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Leslie Eason, Tiffany Taylor, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Sean Young, Brian Hauss, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia, Inc), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent Savage, Robert Tanner, (Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee; David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0251

    Remand to Trial Court Necessary, in Accordance With Supreme Court's Remand Order

  • Makin v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2022-06-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Little, (Smith & Little, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William King, (The Manely Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Katherine Davis, Jackson, Cara Schlosser, (The Manely Firm PC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0399

    No Showing Made That U.K. Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Make Child Custody Determination

  • Ellis v. Oles et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-09
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tatyana Ellis, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Hoffmeyer, William Newcomb, (Stites & Harbison PLLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0440

    Any Error in Excluding Expert's Affidavit in Support of Summary Judgment Motion Was Harmless

  • Siteone Landscaping Supply, LLC v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Boorman, Philip Henderson, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Frank Middleton, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Donald Singleton, (Singleton Law Firm LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0591

    Trial Court Erred by Entering Default Judgment Based on New Party Defendant's Failure to File Answer to Amended Complaint

  • Falcone Global Solutions LLC v. Forbo Flooring B. V.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kaufman, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Reagin, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0416

    Court affirms dismissal of a lawsuit over a business dispute on grounds that the issue of absence of personal jurisdiction was res judicata from a previous action

  • Rafac v. Jiangsu Linhai Power Machinery Group Corporation

    Publication Date: 2022-05-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Swift, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen, Tate, Carr), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1444

    Court vacates dismissal order and remands case because the trial court erred by failing to consider whether an individual was the foreign defendant's appointed agent

  • Mimbs v. Henry County Schools

    Publication Date: 2022-05-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S21G1005

    Time For Teacher to File Whistleblower Complaint Against School Began Running on Date She Received Notice of Formal Termination

  • Henderson et al. v. Fisher et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A22A0289

    Court reverses motion to transfer venue of case where the plaintiff's action was equitable in nature and not, as plaintiffs claimed, an action addressing title to land