• Owens et al. v. Larry Franklin Properties, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James King, (The King Firm), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Thagard, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Scott & Smith), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1787

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of a landlord in a premises liability negligence case, but affirms summary judgment for landlord on fraud claims

  • SRA Management, LLC d/b/a Olympus Fenwick Luxury Apartments et al. v. Shirley Prince et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-10
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brantley Rowlen, Donavan Eason, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Madison, (Southeast Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1211

    Court affirms denial of apartment manager's summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case due to questions of fact over manager's knowledge of a hazard

  • Pappas Restaurant, Inc. v. Welch et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-10
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Leet, Michael Rust, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Nicholas Boyd, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Wynn, James Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Aleksandra Bronsted, (Law Offices of Aleksandra Bronsted PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Warner Fox, Christine Mast, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, Bret Moore, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A21A1341

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment and rules in favor of property owner and security company on claims for negligence following a shooting in a parking lot

  • Westmoreland v. Walgreen Co

    Publication Date: 2021-12-28
    Practice Area: Evidence | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Theodore Lackland, (Lackland & Associates LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold Hilton, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Terrance Sullivan, (Insley & Race, LLC), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, Asya Morgan, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1753

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a retail store on plaintiff's claim for premises liability after she was injured by glass from bottles that dropped onto a floor

  • Blondell et al. v. Courtney Station 300 LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Brooks, (Brooks Law Firm), Savannah, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, Meredith Kincaid, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Johnson, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, John McKinley, Bridgette Eckerson, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, Derek Mendicino, (Penna & Mendicino), Conyers, Tracy O’Connell, Philip Thompson, Gary Tiller, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0731

    Court affirms summary judgment denials in personal injury case due to genuine issues of material fact on all claims other than nuisance

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  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2021-12-01
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Peter Law, Brian Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, Brian Trulock, Carrie Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, James Rice, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0677

    Court affirms $42,750,000 jury verdict in a premises liability action where the plaintiff was shot in the defendant's parking lot that was known to be unsafe

  • Stadterman v. Southwood Realty Co., et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-23
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Schermerhorn, (The Schermerhorn Firm), Atlanta, Robert Ashe, Juliana Mesa, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Doyle, Andrew Eaton, Norbert Hummel, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0682

    Court affirms summary judgment for property owners and managers in a premises liability action stemming from shooting injuries sustained by plaintiff

  • Starks et al. v. USG Real Estate Foundation III, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-08
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Samuel Starks, Shean Williams, (The Cochran Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Smith, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0950

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of out-of-possession landlord on plaintiffs' claims for negligence and nuisance related to a shooting death of their son

  • Moran v. Team Elite Realty, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Massey, (Massey & Sharry, LLP), Winder, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, James Seifter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Broughton, Robert Parker, (Allen L Broughton PC), Atlanta, John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1036

    Court affirms summary judgment for property owner and realtor in a slip and fall case where neither defendant had actual or constructive knowledge of property defect

  • Stanton v. Griffin

    Publication Date: 2021-10-19
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Citron, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Brown, (Brown & Adams, LLC), Columbus, Brooke Sexton, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0845

    Court affirms summary judgment for landowner in a premises liability case where the injured party was a licensee and not an invitee on the property