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  • Harrell v. City of Griffin

    Publication Date: 2018-08-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Goldstein (McConnell & Sneed LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: G. Mobley (Lokey Mobley and Doyle LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Robert N. Katz, Decatur; Merlyn Dodson, Robert Katz (Katz Stepp Wright & Fleming LLC), Decatur, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A18A0415

    Ante Litem Notice of Claim to Municipality Must Include Specific Dollar Amount of Monetary Damages Being Sought

  • A18A0315. Hartry et al. v. Ron Johnson Jr. Enterprises, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Warshauer, Trent Shuping (Warshauer Law Group PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eileen Crowley, Amanda Smith (Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer LLP), Atlanta; Richard Foster, Elizabeth Bentley (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta; Michael Baumrind, Frank Lowrey (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta; Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher Jordan (Hunter Maclean), Brunswick, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A18A0314

    Railroad Employee's FELA Action Against Employer Following Collision Not Precluded by Federal Grade Crossing Regulations

  • Adams et al. v. McDonald et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mr. Matthew Cook, Kate Cook (Cook Law Group LLC), Cornelia; Jonathan Parrish (The Parrish Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey (Huff Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta; James Brim, Weymon Forrester (Forrester & Brim LLP), Gainesville; Thomas Cole (Welchel Dunlap Jarrard & Walker LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0155

    Stroke That Followed Initial Medical Misdiagnosis Was New Injury That Restarted Running of Statutory Limitations Period

  • City of Saint Marys v. Reed

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Hancock, Richard Strickland (Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: James McIlvaine (Williams Litigation Group P.C.), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0625

    Slip-And-Fall Plaintiff Failed to Show Municipal Property Owner Had Prior Notice of Sidewalk Defect

  • Bartenfeld v. Chick-Fil-A, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A18A0042

    Restaurant Patron Who Stumbled Over Parking Barrier in Parking Lot Failed to Establish Claim Under Distraction Doctrine

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  • Bibbs et al. v. Toyota Motor Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-10
    Practice Area: Damages | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Barnes, John Raymond Bevis, John Ross Bartholomew IV (The Barnes Law Group LLC), Marietta; Robert David Cheeley (Sherry Schons - Cheeley Law Group), Norcross; Keith E. Fryer (Fryer Shuster & Lester P.C.), Atlanta; Keith Allen Pittman (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alphatetta; Thomas A. Eaton (University of Georgia School of Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie Lynn Christie, Robert Harris Burke (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta; Frank Mitchell Lowrey IV, Amanda Kay Seals Bersinger (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta; Joel H. Smith, Richard Hood Willis, Ashleigh R. Wilson (Bowman and Brooke LLP-SC), Columbia, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Q0075

    Damages in a wrongful death action are limited by the decedent's full settlement of her earlier personal injury action.

  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-09
    Practice Area: Internet Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive | Entertainment and Leisure | Software
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Henningsen (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Darryl Adams, Susan Cremer, Timothy Peagler (Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff PC), Atlanta; John Hawkins (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial), Atlanta; Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Bersinger (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta; Michael Neff (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Cohen, Mark Trigg, Janna Nugent (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta; Benjamin Kleine, Michael Rhodes (Cooley LLP), San Francisco, for appellee. Robert Johnson (Johnson & Alday LLC), Marietta; Anne Gower (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0749

    Snapchat Not ImmuneFrom Liability For Designing and Creating App That Allegedly Encouraged Excessive Speeding

  • Coen v. Aptean, Inc. et al

    Publication Date: 2018-07-05
    Practice Area: Damages | Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Software
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork (Attorney at Law), Decatur; Timothy Coen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ames (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta; Steven Collins (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta; Richard Robbins (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta; Alexa Ross (Robbinsfreed), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0522

    Abusive Litigation Plaintiff Could Elect to Seek General Damages For Mental Distress

  • Holmes et al. v. Lyons et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-29
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Bird, Paul Hotchkiss (Bird Law Group PC), Atlanta; Irwin Ellerin (Ellerin Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Francesca Townsend, Daniel Huff, Trevor Newberry (Huff Power & Bailey LLC), Atlanta; Ashley Purcell, Kristen Rajagopal, Annalese Herndon (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee. Paul Reynolds, Atlanta; M. Reynolds (Houck Reynolds LLC), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A18A0277

    Medical Malpractice Plaintiff Stated Claim That Surgeon's Failure to Disclose His Numerous Physical Infirmities Caused Preventable Injuries

  • Stopanio et al., v. Leon's Fence and Guardrail, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government | Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah Kjellin (Watson Spence LLP), Albany; Colin Delaney, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears (Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP), Atlanta; Stuart Cohen (Conroy Simberg), Hollywood, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Horowitz (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta; Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Sharon Horne (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins), Atlanta; Lori Nash (Georgia Law Department), Kathleen Pacious (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta; Loretta Pinkston-Pope (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Kathleen Turnipseed (GA Department of Law), Atlanta; William Horgan, Steven Puritz (Pennington P.A.) Tallahassee, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0587

    The Court vacated the trial court's order dismissing plaintiff's claims against the Georgia Department of Transportation arising out of an automobile collision that killed her parents and resulted in personal injuries to her and remanded the case for the trial court to reconsider whether the pending criminal investigation arising out of the accident tolled the 12-month deadline for plaintiff to provide ante litem notice to State.