• Terry v. Old Hat Chimney, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-09-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Chloe Dallaire, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, Richard Caplan, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Merritt, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett, & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Perniciaro, (Martenson Hasbrouck & Simon LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1104

    Court affirms dismissal of direct liability negligence claim against employer that admitted vicarious liability

  • Rautenberg v. Pope et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A19A0723

    Evidence of Property Owner's Knowledge of Prior Criminal Activity Precluded Summary Judgment Based on Intervening Act

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

    Publication Date: 2019-08-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carl Anderson, Michael Goldman, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Susan Clare, Chilton Varner, Billie Pritchard, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Edwards, Paul Piland, (Cochran & Edwards, LLC), Smyrna, Jennifer Coalson, David Walbert, (Parks, Chesin, Walbert & Miller, P. C.), Atlanta, John Sherrod, (Sherrod & Bernard), Douglasville, for appellee. Richard North, (Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A19A0108

    Court affirms summary judgment for injured plaintiff and apportionment of damages award in a motorcycle accident case

  • Lakeshore Contracting, LLC v. Lopez-Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2019-08-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Callie Bryan, Barret Kirbo, (Jones Cork & Miller, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Smith, Brent McIntosh, Summit Tucker, (W. Calvin Smith, II, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0446

    Court awards summary judgment for contractor-employer where employee did not produce evidence of liability.

  • Ray v. Fulton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Golomb, (Gomez & Golomb LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Arrington, (Fulton County Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0776

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order Granting Motion to Dismiss by Police Department Personnel Who Lied About Dismissal of Former Officer, Who Then Shot and Paralyzed Man While Working as Security Guard

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  • Stelly v. WSE Property Management, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Blaska, Dana Norman, Thomas Blaska, (The Blaska Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Shannon, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP), Atlanta, Theresa Benz, Jacob Rey, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP), Denver, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0248

    Court reverses summary judgment in a slip-and-fall action due to outstanding issues of material fact

  • Milliken & Company v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stevan A. Miller, Lisa Renee Richardson, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew D. Friedlander, Laurie Webb Daniel, Phil George, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Howard Brewton, (Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier), Augusta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, Hugh Brown McNatt, Brooke Walker Gram, Tyler P. Bishop, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, David A. Dial, Carol Patrick Michel, Thomas J. Strueber, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18G0876

    Court vacates and remands decisions that had incorrectly applied the Georgia anti-indemnity statute.

  • McKenney's Inc. et al. v. Sinyard

    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Chapin, (Savell & Williams, L.L.P.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Buck, Juliana Sleeper, (Buck Law Firm), Atlanta, Carrie Christie, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, Robert Burke, (Kalka & Baer), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0204

    Claims in a workers' compensation case were contradicted by allegations in a prior lawsuit

  • Savannah Hospitality Services, LLC. v. Scriven et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hunter, Inman Hodges, Robert Lingle, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lloyd Murray, (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Brent Savage, Samuel Mikell, (Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee. Eugene Hatcher, (Jones Cork, LLP), Macon, Richard Foster, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Wiley Wasden, Travis Windsor, (Brennan & Wasden, LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0250

    Workers' Compensation Act is an employee's sole remedy for exacerbation of injuries that occurred in the course of employment.

  • Savannah Hospitality Services, LLC. v. Scriven et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hunter, Inman Hodges, Robert Lingle, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lloyd Murray, (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Brent Savage, Samuel Mikell, (Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee. Eugene Hatcher, (Jones Cork, LLP), Macon, Richard Foster, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Wiley Wasden, Travis Windsor, (Brennan & Wasden, LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0250

    Workers' Compensation Act is an employee's sole remedy for exacerbation of injuries that occurred in the course of employment.