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  • Daily Underwriters of America v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Estes, (Dennis, Corry, Smith & Dixon, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derek Nuce, (Singleton, Pasley & Nuce, LLC), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2101

    Joinder of Interstate Motor Carrier's Insurer as Defendant in Underlying Tort Action Was Authorized Under State Statute

  • Burgundy Guzman, as Surviving Spouse of Paul Guzman et al. v. Link

    Publication Date: 2020-05-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Shiver, R. Campbell, Alan Hamilton, Margaret Randels, (Shiver Hamilton, LLC), Waycross, Angela Fox, Darren Summerville, Maxwell Thelen, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Gumprecht, (The Gumprecht Law Firm), Kennesaw, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Bryant, Alan Meincke, Steven Kyle, Charles Medlin, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1651

    Family Purpose Doctrine May Not Be Used Defensively to Impute Liability for Negligence So As to Bar or Reduce Recovery Arising From Car Accident Death

  • Henry et al. v. Atlanta Gas Light Company

    Publication Date: 2020-04-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Protentis, (Protentis Law LLC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Eric Miller, (Miller Bonham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexandra Nelson, Seth Litman, John McDonald, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1990

    Court Properly Held That Injuries From Gas Explosion Did Not Arise From a Breach of Duty by Gas Company, Which Had No Knowledge of the Hazard

  • Patterson et al. v. Wright et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Zagoria, Brooks Neely, (The Zagoria Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Prout, Casey Brown, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Rachel Sullivan, Michael Kendall, (Kendall Law Group, LLC), Douglasville, Jason Hammer, Jefferson Starr, (Lueder Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Joseph Cruser, (Cruser & Mitchell, L.L.P.), Norcross, for other party
    Case Number: A19A1714

    Court affirms summary judgment as to certain defendants and reverses as to other defendants in a wrongful death and negligence car crash case

  • Cleveland v. Sentinel Insurance Company, Ltd et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Helen Cleveland, (Cleveland Gilbreath, LLC), Atlanta, Kathleen Simcoe, Theodore Pound, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Schroder, Shannon Schlottmann, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, Harold Hilton, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Sean Ryan, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: A19A2384

    Personal Injury Plaintiff Failed to Show That Trial Court Erred in Excluding Doctor's Expert Testimony, as She Failed to Show its Admissibility

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  • Keen v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company

    Publication Date: 2020-04-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Holland, Jessie Harrell, (Harrell and Harrell), Jacksonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda Morris, Mark Toth, (Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2154

    Personal Injury Plaintiff Submitted Enough Evidence to Survive Summary Judgment on Duty and Breach Elements of Negligence Claim Under FELA

  • Baker v. Atlantic States Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2020-04-21
    Practice Area: Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Gentle, (Lloyd & Hogan PC), Birmingham, Eric Maxwell, (Attorney at Law), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samantha Mandell, Michael Kendall, (Kendall Mandell LLC), Douglasville, for appellee. Sylvia Cobb, (Law Offices of Andrews and Manganiello/Geico Staff Counsel), Tucker, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2337

    Trial Court Retained Jurisdiction to Enter a Written Sanction Award After Announcing Decision to Grant Attorneys' Fees and Costs at Hearing

  • Georgia Department of Transportation v. Thompson et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Boyter, Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lori Nash, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Cummings, (Michael H. Cummings II, LLC), Clayton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1912

    Court vacates order denying a motion to dismiss a negligence action and remands case for application of a correct sovereign immunity standard

  • City of Lafayette v. Chandler

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Ray, Ronald Womack, (Womack, Gottlieb & Rodham, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Sanders, Nathan Lock, (McCamy Phillips Tuggle & Fordham, LLP), Dalton, for appellee. Theodore Salter, (Theodore Salter, Jr. & Associates, P.C.), Kennesaw, Jason Darneille, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2232

    Notice of Intent to Recover "$1,000,000.00" From City For Personal Injury Damages Satisfied Statutory Specificity Requirement

  • Estes v. G&W Carriers, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Lashonda Rogers, (Council & Associates LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Kinnamon, (Gregory H. Kinnamon, P.C.), Dalton, Grant Smith, Joel Purser, (Dennis, Corry, Smith & Dixon), Atlanta, Rishi Pattni, (The Fry Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee. Joseph Cruser, Glenn Tornillo, (Cruser Mitchell Novitz Sanchez Gaston & Zimet LLP), Norcross, William Pate, (Dennis Corry Smith & Dixon LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2385

    Personal Injury Lawsuit Brought by Employee Against Company Is Barred by the Exclusive Remedy Provision of the Workers' Compensation Act