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  • 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

  • Hughes v. Ace American Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Cross, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, Nola Jackson, Michael Werner, Trevor Brice, (Werner Law LLC), Atlanta, Jenna Hough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Boyd, Tiffany Harlow, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Jeremiah Belk, Roswell, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0609

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an insurer in a car accident case, finding that there was no direct cause of action against the insurer under the Motor Carrier Act

  • Deaton Holdings, Inc. v. Reid et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, David Rhodes, (Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Robert Finnell, (The Finnell Firm), Rome, for appellee; John Hadden, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0005

    A defendant in a car accident lawsuit is not entitled to add joint tortfeasors as indispensable parties where that defendant has a right of contribution against them

  • Tucker v. City of Thomasville

    Publication Date: 2023-06-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rafi, Christopher Stokes, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Lawrence, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith, Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0318

    Court reverses summary judgment for a City in a slip-and-fall negligence case where the City had actual or constructive prior notice of the defect that caused the fall

  • Jackson v. Jack et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-30
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Valerie Jackson, Haddock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wendy Heiman, (The Law Office of Nancy W. Phillips), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0106

    Material Factual Issue Existed as to Whether Motorist Was Negligent For Stopping Her Car in Traffic

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  • Cornejo v. Allen

    Publication Date: 2023-05-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad McFall, (Gammon, McFall & Villarreal), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Valerie Vie, (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0052

    Material Factual Issue as to Whether Dog Owner Knew of Animal's Vicious Propensity

  • North Fulton Community Charities, Inc. v. Goodstein et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Real Estate | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Coles, Aaron Tady, (Coles Barton LLP), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Cosper, (Hull Towill Norman Barrett & Salley P.C.), Augusta, Mathew Jackson, (Jackson Law Offices, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0289

    Issue of Material Fact as to Whether Slip-And-Fall Plaintiff Was Aware of Unmarked Speed Bump in Parking Lot

  • Thanh Tan Phung et al. v. Ashley Hart.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wayne D. McGrew, III, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexander Gray Hait, (Hait & Kuhn), Woodstock, Joseph H. King, Jr., (Joseph H. King, JR., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22C1238

    Court denies a petition for certiorari filed by defendants in a personal injury case involving an automobile that hit a pedestrian

  • Gutierrez v. Six Flags Over Georgia II, LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-05-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Smith, Brent McIntosh, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Bagley, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0607

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of defendant in a slip-and-fall action because plaintiff had equal knowledge of the static hazard that caused her to trip

  • Thomas et al. v. Henry County Water Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimelyn Minnifield, (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0362

    Court reverses dismissal of car accident lawsuit against a Water Authority and its employee, concluding that plaintiff did not need to serve an ante litem notice on them