• Contour Sierra, LLC v. Williams et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Taube, Peter Munk, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbrough, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Clay, (Pratt Clay, LLC), Atlanta, Bradley Pratt, Christopher Lambden, (Bayuk Pratt, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1079

    Well-Pled Complaint Allegations Supported Claims on Default for Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress

  • Traba et al v. Gregory B. Levett and Sons Funeral Home, Inc et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Floyd Propst, (Law Office of Floyd E. Propst), Ridgeway, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Joffe, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Thomas Tidwell, Luciana Aquino, (Cozen O’Connor - Philadelphia, TX), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1162

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of funeral home where decedent's siblings failed to exercise their right to direct disposition of remains within the statutorily-allotted three days

  • Carr v. Yim

    Publication Date: 2023-11-09
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Dwyer, (Dwyer Law Group), Atlanta, James Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glenn Tornillo, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Peachtree Corners, Candice Bryant, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0687

    Injured party in a negligence case was not entitled to attorney fees and litigation expenses because she did not serve a valid settlement offer in a renewal action after dismissing her original complaint

  • Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC, d/b/a University Childcare Center v. Cotton

    Publication Date: 2023-11-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Glenn Moffett, Matthew Ryan Del Campo, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Blaine Alexander Norris, John R Autry, (Blaine A. Norris, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22G0914

    Court rules that there is no special circumstances exception to the doctrine of respondeat superior and that a basic analysis applies in all instances

  • Golden Peanut Company, LLC et al. v. Miller et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-31
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James King, (The King Firm), Tifton, Joseph Hudson, (Hudson Injury Firm), Tifton, Bree Sullivan, (The Sullivan Firm), Thomasville, Leland Kynes, (Kynes Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Kyle, (Bovis, Kyle & Burch), Atlanta, Michael Caplan, Timothy Waddell, (Caplan Cobb, LLP), Atlanta, Danielle Le Jeune, Tia Ghattas, Amy Doig, Josh Greenbaum, (Cozen O'connor), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1270

    Court of Appeals vacates its prior judgment and vacates a trial court order denying a motion to exclude testimony based on Supreme Court's decision as to expert testimony in a vehicle accident case

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  • Gonzalez et al. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2023-10-31
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jamie Cox, (Georgia Injury Attorneys), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell Davis, Tyler Adams, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Newnan, Laura Golden, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Atlanta, Amy Harper, Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0689

    Court vacates dismissal of car accident personal injury case and remands for consideration of adding another defendant under OCGA § 9-11-15 (c) even though after statute of limitations had expired.

  • Karen Deloach Collins as Personal Representative of the Estate of Benny Deloach v. Schantz

    Publication Date: 2023-10-20
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Carter, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner, Carter, Strickland), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0741

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment due to issues of material fact as to whether a sheriff shot the plaintiff with actual malice, but reverses on Constitutional claims

  • White v. Stanley et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-18
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, Michael Arndt, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karl Broder, Griffin, for appellee; Hung(Alex) Nguyen, (Hq Alex Hguyen Law Firm, LLC), Norcross, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0986

    Auto Accident Plaintiff Not Prejudiced by Trial Court's Incorrect Instruction on Preponderance of Evidence Standard

  • Hare Krishna Roswell Hotel, LLC v. Corsino

    Publication Date: 2023-10-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McDaniel, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Jalisa Stevens, (Copeland Stair Valz Lovell), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Hudson, (Penn & Seaborn, LLC), Montgomery, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1016

    Court reverses denial of a hotel's motion for summary judgment where the hotel had no legal duty to the plaintiff whose identity had been stolen

  • Self v. Local Mechanical Networking, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Edenfield, (Bruce M. Edenfield PC), Dahlonegha, William Tinkler, (Attorney at Law), for appellant.
    for defendant: James Hankins, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Steve Moss, Woodstock, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A1056

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an employer where plaintiff's injuries were proximately caused by employee's intervening criminal conduct