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  • Bailey et al. v. Make A Difference Ministries, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Swanson, Andrew Jones, (Jones & Swanson, LLC), Marietta, Andrew Ashby, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Luskin, Anelise Codrington, (Chartwell Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0546

    Court partially reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of defendant in a negligence case, finding possible gross negligence, but affirms denial of punitive damages and attorneys

  • Sneed v. Place At Midway, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carson Jeffries, David Carter, Dara Jeffries, (Carter Jeffries, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Manfredi, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker), Atlanta, for appellee; Jeffrey Raasch, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0343

    Court partially reverses dismissal of tenant's personal injury claims but affirms dismissal of contract-based claims due to a one-year time bar in her lease agreement

  • Cotton v. Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    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), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Heath, Matthew, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, John Schultz, (Wood Craig Miller, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1457

    Court affirms summary judgment for employer, finding no vicarious liability for employee's actions during lunch break

  • Monterrey Mex, Inc. v. Collins

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Noah Caldwell, (Maynard Nexsen PC), New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Phillip Cody, Douglas McDonald, (McDonald & Cody Law Offices), Cornelia, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Miguel Debon, (The Debon Law Group, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Russell Davis, (Downey & Cleveland), Marietta, other party.
    Case Number: A24A0281

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment in dram shop liability case because of question of material fact over restaurant's constructive knowledge of patron's intent to drive

  • Medernix, LLC v. Snowden et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Webb, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, Brandon Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Zachary Matthews, Elenore Klingler, Luke Kennedy, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP), Alpharetta, for appellee; Jason Slate, (Ali Awad Law PC), Atlanta, Yasha Heidari, Evan Smith, (Heidari Power Law Group LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1046

    Court vacates production order in a dispute over discovery of medical records and remands for a more limited report in a car accident and injury case

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  • L'Oreal USA, Inc. et al. v. Burroughs

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Eason, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, Dennis Ellis, Katherine Murray, Nicholas Begakis, (Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP), Los Angeles, David Clarke, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nkosi Bey, (Bey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Elizabeth Stone, Darren Summerville, Alison Currie, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Tina Bullock, (Bullock Ward Mason), Acworth, Danielle Mason, (Bullock Ward Mason), Atlanta, for appellee; Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Lori Leskin, (Arnold & Porter), Newyork, Leah Schultz, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Rhonda Trotter, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Ronald Masterson, Candis Jones, (Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Donna Welch, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Chicago, Sierra Elizabeth, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Los Angeles, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0313

    Court addresses statute of repose and preemption issues and affirms in part, reverses in part, and remands product liability and fraud claims in chemical hair relaxer product liability case

  • Wilson v. Allied Paving Contractors, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Darneille, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, Scott Harrison, (Monge & Associates), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Bret Moore Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Darneille, John Wooten, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Ernest Woods, (Oliver & Weidner, LLC), Clarkesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0394

    Court reverses summary judgment that had favored defendants in an accident case, finding questions of fact as to a duty to warn motorists of dangers from colliding with a cow left on highway

  • Woods v. Heath

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Barrow, (Barrow & Ballew, P.C.), Savannah, Thomas Byrne, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Dolder, James Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Seth Diamond, (Morgan & Morgan, P.A.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0161

    Court reverses judgment in a car accident case and remands for a new trial due to improper disclosure by plaintiff's counsel of defendant's liability insurance

  • Rafac v. Jiangsu Linhai Power Machinery Group Corporation

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Swift, (Andersen, Tate, Carr), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0092

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury complaint against ATV manufacturer due to improper service, concluding that a deposition of a registered agent was timely

  • Pollard v. Great Dane, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Schmidt, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allan Galis, David Burkoff, Gracie Shepherd, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee; Robert Turner, Carolyn Spellman, (Savage Turner Pinckney Savage & Sprouse), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0545

    Court reverses summary judgment in favor of defendant in a personal injury/loss of consortium case, citing reasonable explanation for conflicting testimony as to dates of separation