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  • Williams, III et al. v. Georgia Ports Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noble Boykin, (Jones, Boykin & Associates), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jared Campbell, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Edgar Smith, (Morgan & Morgan, PA), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1313

    Court reverses dismissal of negligence complaint against an individual, finding that he did not have Eleventh Amendment immunity under federal maritime law

  • Knight v. Safety National Casualty Corp

    Publication Date: 2022-04-01
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Ingram, Ryan Ingram, Lindsay Fleming, Max Perwich, (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1434

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury complaint against employer's insurer because plaintiff failed to satisfy a condition to collect uninsured motorist benefits

  • Gilchrist v. Meldi Sub, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Calvin McMullen, (McMullen and Associates), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Megan Prince-Miller, (Law Offices of McLaughlin & Ream), Atlanta, David Nelson, Christina Curreli, (Chambless Higdon Richardson Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, William Strickland, (Strickland & Schwartz, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1678

    Hazardous Condition on Walkway Was Open and Obvious to Someone Exercising Reasonable Care Under Circumstances

  • Golden Peanut Company, LLC et al. v. Miller et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Caplan, Timothy Waddell, (Caplan Cobb LLP), Atlanta, Danielle Le Jeune, (Cozen O'Conner), Atlanta, Tia Ghattas, Amy Doig, (Cozen O'Conner), Chicago, Josh Greenbaum, (Cozen O'Conner), Philadelphia, for appellant.
    for defendant: James King, (The King Firm), Tifton, Bree Sullivan, (The Sullivan Firm), Thomasville, Leland Kynes, (Kynes Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Mark Johnson, Judson Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin P.C.), Brunswick, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1269

    Court finds that a trailer owner is not directly or vicariously liable for independent contractor's torts, and that accident reconstruction report is admissible under Rule 702

  • Doe v. Saint Joseph's Catholic Church et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Darren Wade Penn, Alexandra "Sachi" Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Melina Danielle Lewis, (University of Georgia School of Law), Athens, Emily M. Hetherington, (Wilbanks Cease Clinic), Athens, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21G0549

    Trial Court Erred in Concluding Plaintiff Could Not Present Evidence Sufficient to Toll Running of Time to Sue Church

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  • McEntyre v. Sam's East, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph West Dent, (Joseph W. Dent, P.C.), Albany, Alfreda Lynette Sheppard, (Watson Spence LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ernest Linwood Beaton, Howard M. Lessinger, (McLain & Merritt), Atlanta, John Holder Smith, Jr., (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for appellee; Keith Robert Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21Q0909

    Tort Claim Arising From Store Employee's Failure to Properly Secure Load on Customer's Truck Subject to Ordinary Negligence Analysis

  • Med-Care Solutions, LLC et al. v. Bey & Associates, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-03-23
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Schwartz, (Schwartz Law Center, LLC), Marietta, Karen Young, (Karen Young Law Firm), Saint Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Alloy, Brian Lake, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield), Atlanta, H. Dever, Hayes Dever, (Friedman, Dever & Merlin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Mike Aziz, (Clark Mascaro & Aziz, P.C.), Atlanta, Alex Smith, (AM Smith Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, Lynn Hassett, (Hassett Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1610

    Court affirms finding that medical funding companies could not enforce a lien that they attempted to enforce as an Article 9 security interest and not as a medical lien

  • Cotton v. Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC, d/b/a University Childcare Center

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Autry, Blaine Norris, (Blaine A. Norris, PC d/b/a Norris Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Heath, Matthew Moseley, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Matthew Moffett, John Schultz, (Gray Rust St. Amand Moffett Brieske LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1457

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in an employer's favor in a personal injury case, finding evidence of possible special circumstances for vicarious liability

  • Williams v. City of Tybee Island

    Publication Date: 2022-03-18
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Phillips, (Phillips & Carson), Savannah, Jonathan Phillips, (Chatham County Office of the District Attorney), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Hughes, (Callaway, Braun, Riddle & Hughes, PC), Savannah, Benjamin Perkins, Brian Griffin, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1780

    Teenager Assumed Risk of Drowning by Going Into Ocean at Public Beach

  • Sowell et al. v. Solomon et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Nichols, Douglas Clayton, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Rogers, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Stephen Ozcomert, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1720

    Parents Not Liable For Injuries Resulting From Bicycle Accident Involving Their 10-Year-Old Son