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  • Norton et al. v. United Health Services Of Georgia, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-30
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Chaffin (McHugh Fuller Law Group), Hattiesburg, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hood (Wellstar Health System Inc.), Marietta; Jason Bring, Tyler Arnold (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2268

    An arbitration agreement governed by the Federal Arbitration Act and entered into by a decedent and/or her power of attorney, which bound the decedent and her estate to arbitration, was also enforceable against the decedent's beneficiaries in a wrongful death action.

  • Waffle House, Inc. v. Pavesi

    Publication Date: 2017-10-18
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Toxic Torts
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Ingram, Ryan Ingram, Leslie Neubauer (Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Rogers, William D'Antignac, Gilbert Deitch, Kara Phillips (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta; Thomas Ashenden (Ashenden & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta; Laura Maki (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1281

    The trial court erred in denying employer's motion to compel arbitration of employee's tort claims arising after a co-worker injured him on the job, as the claims were within the scope of an arbitration agreement the employee signed.