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  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Tyler

    Publication Date: 2021-08-13
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Robert Highsmith, Matthew Friedlander, Jonathan Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Melanie Eyre, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Goldberg, (Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Donald Singleton, (Singleton Law Firm LLC), Alpharetta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0626

    Court reverses jury verdict in a personal injury case because trial court issued an erroneous jury charge on spoliation of evidence

  • Beasley et al. v. Georgia Department of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2021-08-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracey Pruiett, Joseph Dinardo, Stephen Reams, (Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Kathleen Turnipseed, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0593

    Assault-and-Battery Exception to GTCA's General Waiver of State's Immunity Bars 'Public Nuisance' Claims Against GDOC

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority et al. v. Ingram

    Publication Date: 2021-08-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candis Jones, (Lewis Brisbois), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hyatt, (Hyatt & Hyatt, P.C.), Decatur; Matt Nasrallah, (Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah, LLP), Marietta, for other party,
    Case Number: A21A0541

    Court affirms denial of appellants' motion to dismiss or transfer venue where plaintiff in personal injury case filed suit in venue of one joint tortfeasor

  • Smith v. Sanders

    Publication Date: 2021-08-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ellen Ash, Jessica Sanford, (Fain Major & Brennan PC), Atlanta, for Appellee
    Case Number: A21A0406

    Court vacates denial of motion for entry of default in a car accident case where plaintiff had not filed a notarized affidavit for service on nonresident defendant

  • Crebs et al. v. Bass Pro Outdoor World et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Stafford, (Attorney at Law), Hinesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Parks Stone, William Bingham, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0299

    Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Personal Injury Case Against Bass Pro Outdoor World; Protruding Fence Was an Open and Obvious Condition

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  • Pruitt v. Thigpen

    Publication Date: 2021-07-27
    Practice Area: Contracts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Wyrick, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Cruser, Robert Noens, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novits, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Bell, (Law Office of David B. Bell), Augusta, Sharon Enoch, (Bell & Bell Associates), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0331

    Judgment Against Personal Injury Defendant Vacated and Remanded as Trial Court's Order Varied From Terms of Settlement Agreement

  • Humphries v. Weekly

    Publication Date: 2021-07-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Michael Pryor, (Michael P. Pryor, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsay Reese, (Law Office of Nancy W Phillips), Atlanta, Anderson Robinson, (Brown & Adams, LLC), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0098

    Court vacates order dismissing car accident injury case for lack of service of process and remands for application of correct legal standard, facts, and conclusions of law

  • The Augusta Chronicle et al. v. Woodall et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordon Morrow, (Brannen, Searcy & Smith), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Smith, Michael Cauley, (Smith Cauley LLC), Dublin, Daniel Snipes, (Taulbee, Rushing, Snipes, Marsh & Hodgin, LLC), Statesboro, for appellee; Anthony Adkins, (Speed, Seta, Martin & Trivett, LLC), Lawrenceville, Daniel Prout, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0493

    Newspaper Defendants Cannot Be Held Vicariously Liable for Vehicle Collision; Newspaper Carrier Was an Independent Contractor Over Which Defendants Did Not Exercise Sufficient Control

  • Parr et al. v. Cook County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-09
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Spurlin, (Spurlin & McCorvey), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Studstill, (Studstill Firm LLP), Nashville, Patrick Dodson, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0655

    Trial Court Erred In Dismissing Personal Injury Claims Against Individual School Employees In Their Personal Capacities

  • Shadow v. Federal Express Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melvin Hewitt, Hilary Hunter, Richard Crowson, (Isenberg & Hewitt PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Byrd, Frederick Sager, Stephen Mooney, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, for appellee. Jerry Landers, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: A21A0072

    Court affirms summary judgment for Federal Express in a negligence action filed by an employee injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility