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  • Handberry v. Stuckey Timberland, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Agriculture | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caleb Walker (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon; Katherine McArthur (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Fields, Gregory Mast (Fields Howell Athans & McLaughlin LLP), Atlanta; Brandon Oren (Jones Cork & Miller LLP), Macon; Kamber Burke (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, for appellant. Christopher Phillips (Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, PC.), Savannah, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1944

    Property Lessor Was Immune from Liability to Lessee's Guest Who Entered Property for Hunting Purposes

  • Mercer University v. Stofer et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Education | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Trulock, Alan Payne (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ranse Partin, Davis Popper (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1515

    Triable Issues Of Fact As To Whether University Was Liable For Slip-And-Fall At Sponsored Event

  • St. Marys Health Care System, Inc. v. Roach et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-10
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Leslie Cline, Bailey Sabulis (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Cook (Cook, Noell, Tolley, Bates & Michael), Athens; Robert Irwin (Cook Noell, Tolley & Bates, LLP), Athens, for appellee. James Brim (Forrester & Brim, LLP), for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1582

    Emergency Room Physician's Decision Not to Ask On-Call Radiologist to Review X-Ray Sounded in Professional Negligence as to the Hospital

  • Cottingham v. Sapp

    Publication Date: 2018-04-02
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Hinton (Hinton & Powell), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Shenton (Young Thagard Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1790

    Slip-And-Fall Plaintiff's Contradictory Testimony Supported Conclusion She Had Superior Knowledge of Hazard

  • Cherokee Main Street, LLC v. Ragan

    Publication Date: 2018-03-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Day, Jerald Hanks (Hanks Brookes, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Akin, S. Tate (Akin & Tate, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1819

    Accident Victim Who Was Aware of Risk at Unmarked Crossing And Knowingly Stepped in Front of Approaching Car Had Superior Knowledge of Hazard

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  • Leavins v. Nayan Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Fleming (Reynolds Horne & Survant), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephanie Glickauf (Goodman McGuffey LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1431

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to defendants in plaintiff's suit arising after she fell in a shower at defendants' hotel, as plaintiff failed to make the required showing that the bathtub presented an unreasonable risk.

  • Weinstein v. Holmes et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-28
    Practice Area: Damages | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Barron (Dickinson & Associates), Woodstock; Curtis Dickinson (Attorney at Law), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christina Sears (Dodson & Associates), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1526

    The trial court erred in granting partial summary judgment to defendants in a negligence action arising after defendants' dogs allegedly attacked a dog plaintiff was walking, killing the dog and injuring plaintiff, as there was sufficient evidence for the issue of punitive damages to go to a jury.

  • The Mayor and Aldermen of Garden City v. Harris et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick T. O'Connor, David William Bobo Mullens, III, James Philip Gerard (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Dorian Britt (Karsman, McKenzie & Hart), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17G0692

    City was entitled to summary judgment in plaintiffs' suit to recover for injuries their daughter suffered at a City-owned and maintained football stadium because the Recreational Property Act provided immunity to City since the injured party was allowed to use City's property for recreational purposes free of charge.

  • Roberts et al. v. Mulkey et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-09
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kam, Ebersbach & Lewis, Brian D. Lewis, Randy J. Ebersbach, for appellants.
    for defendant: Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney, W. Seaborn Jones, Derrick L. Bingham, for appellees.
    Case Number: A17A1324

    In plaintiffs' personal injury suit, the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendant on the basis of official immunity because defendant negligently failed to perform a ministerial act and official immunity thus did not bar the suit.

  • In Re Estate Of Joe Leonard, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Allred, R. Waycaster (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Rodham, Ronald Womack (Womack, Gottlieb & Rodham, PC.), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1802

    A presentment of a claim against a county under O.C.G.A. § 36-11-1 may be submitted to the governing authority by way of the county attorney as a matter of law, regardless of whether the attorney is an inside or outside county attorney; accordingly, the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to county after finding that plaintiff failed to comply with the statutory requirements for presentment in his negligence action arising after he was injured while riding a county-operated bus.