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  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Henningsen, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Susan Cremer, (Neff Law), Atlanta, Timothy Peagler, (Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Cohen, Sean Jessee, Andrew Smith, (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Blavin, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), San Francisco, Anne Conley, John Major, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, for appellee. Robert Johnson, (Johnson & Alday LLC), Marietta, Anne Gower, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1218

    Manufacturer's Duty of Care to Make Products Safe Does Not Extend to Intentional Misuse by Third Parties

  • Junior v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2020-12-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, John Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Darrell Hinson, (Shiver Hamilton, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Cruser, Raymond Grant, (Cruser & Mitchell, L.L.P.), Norcross, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1188

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Personal Injury Plaintiff's Motion for Attorneys' Fees Which, if Awarded, Would Constitute an Impermissible Double Recovery

  • 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
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    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

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  • 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

  • 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