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  • AIKG, LLC v. Marshall

    Publication Date: 2019-07-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Diversity
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nanninga, Barbara Marschalk Robert Quinn, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Robert Marcovitch, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Lloyd Hoffspiegel, Alexander Hoffspiegel, (Hoffspiegel & Associates), Atlanta, Mark Link, (Link & Smith, P.C.), Tucker, Ashley Ellerbe-Dawkins, (Attorney at Law), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0322

    Trial court conducted a proper Batson analysis regarding litigant's discriminatory reasons for using peremptory juror strikes.

  • Henderson v. James

    Publication Date: 2019-07-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Shepherd, (Dillard & Shepherd, LLC), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Huey Spearman, (Attorney at Law), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0632

    Service by publication fails to confer personal jurisdiction in a tort action.

  • Geer v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-06
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kermit Dorough, (Kermit S. Dorough, Jr., LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Hatcher, Frank Middleton, Charles Wainright, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0588

    Anti-SLAPP Statute Did Not Apply To Defendant's Counterclaim For Attorney Fees

  • Elrod v. Reliance Development Company, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-06-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Elrod, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Grodzicki, (Campbell and Brannon), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0406

    No Service by Publication Absent Record Indication That Clerk Mailed Notice, Copy of Order, and Complaint to Defendant at Last Known Address

  • O'Brien et al. v. Builders Insurance

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Bishop, (Roberts Tate, LLC), Brunswick, Jason Tate, (Roberts Tate, LLC), Saint Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Snow, Jennifer Bellis, (Bendin Sumarall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, David Schulte, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Ashlee Vaught, (Brannen, Searcy & Smith), Savannah, Leslie Kennerly, John Smith, (Young Thagard Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, Robert Pace, (Brennan & Wasden, LLC), Savannah, Bradley Watkins, (Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner), Brunswick, Daniel Bullard, Kevin Wangerin, (Bullard & Wangerin, LLP), Macon, Jason Darneille, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, Amanda Williams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, Jason Lanahan, (Gerber & Holder), Atlanta, Ansel Beacham, (Attorney at Law), Rome, Mark Webb, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler Et Al), Rome, Charles Willcox, (Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers), Albany, Harry Bassler, Marietta, Trevor Hiestand, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Celeste Gaines, (Caiola & Rose LLC), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0686

    Court reverses order allowing third party intervention by insurance carrier in breach of contract construction dispute

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  • Golden Isles Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Lowie

    Publication Date: 2019-05-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Jones, Todd LaDouceur, (Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, P.L.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Billy Jones, Carl Varnedoe, (Jones, Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0291

    Gambling Ship Operator Was Equitably Estopped From Relying on Statute of Limitations as Bar to Personal Injury Suit

  • Portman v. Zipperer et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Fields, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly O'Hearn, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Savannah, Francesca MacChiaverna, (Hunter Maclean), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0014

    Trial Court Not Obligated to Hold Hearing Before Dismissing Complaint As Sanction for Party's Failure to Attend Deposition

  • Charles Drain v. Peter Lee

    Publication Date: 2019-05-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herald Alexander, (Alexander Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Lavender, Andrew King, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0607

    Court Dismisses Appeal by Husband of Judgment Debtor Who Sought Immediate Review of Order Compelling Him to Participate in Post-Judgment Discovery Process

  • Morgan et al. v. Morgan

    Publication Date: 2019-05-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Thomson, (Beisswenger & Thomson P.A.), Athens, Richard Tunkle, (English, Tunkle & Smith), Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Fox, (Fox Firm, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0239

    Grandparents Who Lacked Permanent Custody Bore Burden to Show Parent Should Not Be Granted Custody of Her Child

  • Williams v. Medinger

    Publication Date: 2019-05-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Farrell, (O'Kelley & Sorohan Attorneys at Law LLC), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Sherman, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, For Appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1533

    Court affirms denial of extraordinary motion for a new trial and to open a default judgment