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

    Publication Date: 2020-12-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A20A0784

    Court affirms dismissal of action against the Church as having been time-barred, stating that the statute of limitations began to run on plaintiff's 18th birthday

  • Joiner-Carosi v. Adekoya

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hankins, Samantha Mullis, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Schneider, Campbell Williamson, (Schneider Hammers LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1418

    Evidence of Attorney Referrals to Medical Providers Was Not Relevant to Issues in Personal Injury Action

  • Brack v. CPPI of Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Bowen, Paul Painter, Constance Cooper, (Bowen Painter Trial Lawyers), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Rawls, Richard Bruno, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1219

    General Contractor Was Statutory Employer of Worker Whose Immediate Employer Provided Portable Toilets to Contractor

  • Ob-Gyn Associates, P. A. et al v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather McGrotty, Paul Weathington, David Hanson, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph King, (Joseph H. King, Jr. P.C.), Atlanta, Kenneth Leivne, (Kenneth M. Levine & Associates, LLC), Brookline, for appellee. Sarah Adle, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Lyle Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Allison Thornton, (Georgia Trial Lawyers Association), Atlanta, for other party. Donald Palmisano, (Medical Association of Georgia), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A20A1447

    Gross Negligence Standard of Care Applied to Medical Emergency That Arose During Childbirth in Hospital Obstetrical Unit

  • Dilfield et al. v. Bealing et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blakely Frye, Travis Cashbaugh, (Hill Kertscher & Wharton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Gardner, (Attorney at Law), Winder, Seth Meyerson, (Gardner Law Firm), Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1124

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment and finds in favor of dog owners where no evidence showed the dog's dangerous propensities before he bit someone

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  • Pritchard v. Mendoza

    Publication Date: 2020-11-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, John Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Darrell Hinson, (Hinson Law, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Harrison, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1270

    No Binding Agreement to Settle Personal Injury Dispute Where Purported Acceptance Varied From Offer Terms

  • Wadley et al. v. Mother Murphy's Laboratories, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-23
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Steel, (Steel and Moss, LLP), Atlanta, Kenneth McClain, Steven Crick, Scott Britton-Mehlisch, Steven Crick, Scott Britton-Mehlisch, (Humphrey, Farrington & McClain, P.C.), Independence, for appellant.
    for defendant: Judy Aust, (Goodman McGuffey, LLP), Atlanta, Eric Hawkins, Ollie, Robert Gilbreath, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), DALLAS, Camille Smith, (Callahan & Fusco LLC), Decatur, William Martin, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, John Lowery, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, LLP), Atlanta, Julie Comer, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Steven DeFrank, Melissa Kahren, Stephen Schatz, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, J. Konold, Jason Meyer, (Gordon & Rees LLP), Los Angeles, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0899

    Trial Court Abused Discretion in Ruling That Expert's Testimony Regarding Toxic Exposure Was Too Speculative

  • Johns et al. v. Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-16
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Kathleen Coalson, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, R. Randy Edwards, Paul Anthony Piland, (Cochran & Edwards, LLC), Smyrna, John Wesley Sherrod, (Sherrod & Bernard), Douglasville, David Frank Walbert, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chilton D. Varner, Susan Marie Clare, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. John David Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. James D. Meadows, James Lynn Hollis, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, Patrick N. Silloway, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, David Norton Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S19G1478

    Strict Liability Claims Are Subject to Statutory Apportionment For Comparative Fault

  • Dupree et al. v. Houston County Board of Education et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Dustin Hamilton, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Jerles, (Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, LLP), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1034

    Court reverses summary judgment order on defendant's negligence in a slip and fall case due to outstanding issues of material fact

  • Auld et al. v. Forbes et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Lee Clayton, Jennifer Lauren Nichols, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Leigh Martin Wilco, (Weissman PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Latif Oduola-Owoo, Robert Louis Arrington, Jr., (Arrington Owoo, PC), Atlanta, Katrenia R. Collins, (Katrenia R. Collins, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Brian Terry, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Tricia Purks Hoffler, (The CK Hoffler Firm), Atlanta, , for appellee. Todd Emory Hatcher, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers LLC), Marietta, Steven Stein , (Brady Law Group), San Rafael, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S20G0020

    Belize's Limitation Period Applies to Wrongful Death Action for Drowning of Georgia Plaintiff's Child While on a School Trip