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  • Sharma, individually as surviving spouse of Amit Sharma et al. v. City of Alpharetta

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Government | Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Maine, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0954

    Liability Insurance Policy Purchased by City Did Not Amount to Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

  • McArthur et al. v. Beech Haven Baptist Church of Athens et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Giovinazzo, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP.), Atlanta, Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Cochran, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, M. Heath, Matthew Moseley, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Kevin Hudson, Mary Walker, (Hudson Parrott Walker, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Martin, Mark Silver, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Edward Tolley, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Kathryn Whitlock, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Stephen Rothring, (The Conner Law Group, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0898

    Court affirms dismissal of sexual abuse claims against churches that hosted Boy Scout meetings because those claims were all time-barred.

  • City of Atlanta v. Burgos

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Banks, (Banks Weaver LLC), Atlanta, Robert Ware, Jacob O'Neal, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Zachary Fuller, (Weathington, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Ellis, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Rakhi McNeill, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Michael Sheridan, (Davis & Sheridan LLC), Lithonia, Alwyn Fredericks, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lisa Bobb, (Cash Krugler& Fredericks LLC), Atlanta, Richard Taylor, (Taylor & Viers, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0831

    Court reverses denial of City's summary judgment motion in a car accident case where the plaintiff failed to provide a proper ante litem notice of her claims

  • Smithwick v. Campbell

    Publication Date: 2021-11-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Hammers, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Kendall, Matthew Howard, (Kendall Law Group, LLC), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0733

    Court affirms denial of a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in an auto collision case where defendant was found not liable due to sudden emergency defense

  • Rowe d/b/a Shellmar Tree Service v. Tyson

    Publication Date: 2021-11-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent Savage, Zachary Sprouse, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1091

    Court affirms jury verdict and $4.25 million award in injured employee's failure in a negligence case against an employer

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  • Stockert v. Rogers

    Publication Date: 2021-10-26
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Beans, (McLaughlin Law Firm), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Zagoria, (The Zagoria Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1047

    Court Improperly Excluded Evidence Based Only on 'Public Policy' Behind Statutory Exclusions That Do Not Apply to Riders of Motorized Skateboards

  • Fross v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Warshauer, Trent Shuping, Jasper Abbott, (Warshauer Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Brannen, Admir Allushi, Lillian Henry, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0990

    Court agrees that a contractor's employee was employed by a railroad for liability under federal law, and remands for consideration of state law negligence claims

  • Dekalb County v. Stanley

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelley Momo, Laura Johnson, John Jones, Noah Priest-Goodsett, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin Clark, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0820

    Court reverses denial of County's summary judgment motion on plaintiff's Disabilities Act claim and affirms dismissal of negligence claim due to sovereign immunity

  • Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. McCall

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Eric D. Ruben, Douglas E. Horelick, (Clyde & Co US, LLP), Miami, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cale Howard Conley, Scott A. Farrow, William Kent Owens, Jr., (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; David Christopher Hanson, (Weathington LLC), Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Ward, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, Brandon Ryan Keel, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta,; Darren Wade Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Larry Coben, (Anapol Weiss), Scottsdale, Joseph M. Colwell, (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Columbus, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, PC), Atlanta, James E. Butler, Jr., Joel O. Wooten, Jr., Tedra L. Cannella, Ramsey B. Prather, Rory A. Weeks, (Butler, Wooten & Peak LLP), Atlanta, Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., (Schreeder, Wheeler, & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1368

    Georgia Courts Have General Personal Jurisdiction Over Corporations Registered To Do Business in Georgia

  • Bardin v. Lindsey

    Publication Date: 2021-10-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Cauthorn, Brittany Schmidt, (Cauthorn Nohr & Owen), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, Megan Quisao, (Gray Rust St Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Harrison, Amanda Newquist, (Downey & Cleveland LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0659

    Court affirms dismissal of car accident/personal injury lawsuit due to plaintiffs' failure to effect proper service of process on defendant