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  • P&D Ole Times, LLC v. McCray

    Publication Date: 2023-10-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Kennerly, John Smith, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Tate, Andrew Zemany, (Tate Law Group LLC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1192

    Court reverses denial of a restaurant's summary judgment motion in a slip-and-fall case because injured plaintiff failed to exercise reasonable care for his safety

  • Sheffield v. Jekyll Island State Park Authority

    Publication Date: 2023-10-09
    Practice Area: Premises Liability | Real Estate
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Evans, (CBxMU PLLC), St. Augustine, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Boyter. Christopher Carr, Christina Waide, Kathleen Pacious, Angela Cusimano, (Attorney General’s Office, GA), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1023

    Premises Liability Plaintiff's Conclusory and Speculative Factual Allegations Insufficient to Defeat Summary Judgment

  • Suddarth et al. v. Lounsbrough

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Purvis, Lance Stephens, (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cotton, (Cotton Law Firm, P.C.), Cordele, Saleem Dennis, (Sam D. Dennis, P.C.), Valdosta, Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1122

    Court reverses denial of property owner's summary judgment motion in a slip and fall case where injured party had equal or superior knowledge of hazard

  • Hatchett v. McCain Property Care, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Cathey, Thomas Hatchett, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, Megan Quisao, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1076

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a repair company in a premises liability case where plaintiff failed to point to evidence showing the repair company's negligence

  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Brian David Trulock, (Magmutual Insurance Company), Atlanta, Carrie A. Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Peter Andrew Law, Brian Colty Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, James Alexander Rice, Jr., Andrew J. Brandt, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, , for appellee; Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Valentin Leppert, Martha Banner Banks, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Rebecca Woods, Esther Slater McDonald, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP.), Atlanta, Adeline K Lambert, Kyle D. Hawkins, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellant; Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0527

    Court rules that in premises liability cases, the reasonable foreseeability of a third-party criminal act is a factual determination linked to a proprietor's obligations

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  • Johnson v. LT Energy, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Farmer, (Johnson & Ward, LLC), Atlanta, Kathleen Edwards-Opperman, (Montlick & Associates, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Joffe, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Paul Spann, (Goodman McGuffey LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Salim Qadir, Registered Agent, Cumming, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0240

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of a commercial property owner in a tri-and-fall premises liability case due to outstanding issues of material fact

  • Pass v. Athens Housing Authority

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Peter Law, Ernest Moran, Elizabeth Rose, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Dean, Parks Stone, Lawrence Washburn, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Roy Manoll, (Fortson Bentley And Griffin), Athens, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0344

    Court reverses ruling that a City Housing Authority was entitled to summary judgment due to sovereign immunity on a premises liability claim

  • Andy Frain Services, Inc. v. Augusta Mall, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-01
    Practice Area: Contracts | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn Bass, (Scrudder Bass Quillian Horlock Taylor & Lazarus), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Nicholson, Sam Nicholson, (Nicholson Revell LLP), Augusta, Tracy O’Connell, (Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0390

    Court affirms order that a security firm has a duty to defend and reverses an order that it has a duty to indemnify in a premises liability case involving a shooting

  • Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America v. Bozovich

    Publication Date: 2023-07-04
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Friedman, Christopher Meeks, Victoria Munian, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susanne Witt, (Witt Law Group), Atlanta, Brian Ross, (The Ross Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; David Bersinger, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Daniels, (Barnes & Thornburg, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0548

    Policy Terms Could Not Be Circumvented By Labeling Personal Injury Claims As Arising From Premises Liability and Negligent Hiring

  • Worth et al. v. First Key Homes, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derric Crowther, (Crowther Law Firm, PC), Atlanta, Ivan Gustafson, (Law Office of Ivan Gustafson), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Schroder, Nelofar Agharahimi, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0287

    Genuine Issue of Material Fact as to Whether Fence Installer Assumed Risk of Working Near Dead Tree