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  • Dates et al. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Sexton, (Sexton Law Firm, LLC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney’s Office), Conyers, Nathan Stuckey, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0783

    Court affirms dismissal of injury claim due to insufficient ante litem notice

  • Morney v. Kiker et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Michelman, (Foy & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, Steven Grunberg, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1473

    Court reverses dismissal of amended complaint and motion to add a deputy sheriff as a defendant in a per precedent that notice to the County gave notice to the sheriff

  • CSX Corporation et al. v. Oglesby

    Publication Date: 2024-07-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daryl Clarida, (Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer, LLP), Atlanta, John Wilkerson, (Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cotton, Tiffany Donohue, (Georgia Law Team, P.C.), Cordele, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, Brent Savage, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0027

    Court reverses trial court's partial denial of summary judgment in a railroad accident case finding that rail operator had no legal duty to a non-employee to spot a railcar in specific location

  • Ferguson et al. v. Spraggins

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Adams, (Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.), Macon, Caroline Herrington, Ashley Pitts, (Adams & Jordan PC), Macon, Alex Kaplan, (Brimberry Kaplan & Brimberry, PC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Gill, (Gower Wooten Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Franklin Coleman, (Drew Eckl & Farnham), Albany, Barbara Marschalk, (Drew Eckl & Farnham), Atlanta, William Larsen, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, Matthew Lawrence, Jeremy Willis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith, Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for other Party.
    Case Number: A24A0853

    Court affirms summary judgment for defendant in wrongful death- automobile accident case following execution of imited liability release by plaintiffs

  • Barrett, as Administrator of the Estate of Lizzie Curry v. Farrior et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dozier, James Tuggle, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Masterson, Candis Jones, Kyrie Chandler, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Candis Jones, Kyrie Chandler, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0222

    Court reverses summary judgment in vehicle collision case, allowing claims against driver and insurer to proceed due to factual disputes over negligence and right of way

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  • City of College Park et al. v. Steele

    Publication Date: 2024-06-20
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael McCulley, Tareek Abdel-Aleem, (The Aleem Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0143

    Court reverses decision denying City's motion to dismiss due to insufficient ante litem notice, finding that plaintiff's demand for "approximate" damages was insufficient

  • Walmart Stores East, LP v. Leverette

    Publication Date: 2024-06-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Hill, (McLain & Merritt), Atlanta, Jack Reiter, Sydney Feldman, (Gray Robinson, P.A.), Miami, for appellant.
    for defendant: Welles Gilliland, (Nick Schnyder Law Firm), Marietta, Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0115

    Court affirms $1 million nominal damages award against Walmart in a premises liability and injury case, rejecting Walmart's arguments as to excessive damages and bias

  • Fleureme v. City of Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (445 Franklin Gateway SE), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Yellig, Hermise Pierre, Tracey Hackett, (Fulton County Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0316

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury lawsuit against a municipality because plaintiff did not strictly adhere to statutory ante litem notice requirements

  • First Acceptance Insurance Company of Georgia v. Watts et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Philip Savrin, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, James Finley, Amy Daugherty, (The Finley Firm, P.C.), Columbus, Daniel Hendrix, (Jackson & Hendrix, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, Michael Arndt, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Orlando Ojeda, (Ojeda Legal, LLC), Atlanta, Kenneth Bernard, (Sherrod & Bernard), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0588

    Court dismisses an insurer's appeal to the denial of its declaratory judgment action in an insurance coverage dispute because resolution of underlying tort action had been reached

  • Fun Spot America of Atlanta, Inc. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2024-04-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Strickland, Kelly Chartash, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Je'Nita Lane, (The J. Lane Law Group, P.C.), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1463

    Court reverses denial of amusement park's motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case, finding that park patron assumed the risk of injury in a go-kart collision incident