• Warren v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP (Delaware)

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Greason, (Attorney at Law), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garret Meader, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), St. Simons Island, Lauren Smith, St. Simons Island, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0815

    Court affirms dismissal of premises liability suit due to plaintiff's failure to timely participate and respond to discovery

  • Adams v. Lee et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kwame Townes, (Townes, Davis & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maren Cave, Kathryn Robertson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1345

    Court reverses grant of summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case because injured party was an invitee and not a licensee, which raised a genuine issue of material fact as to duty of care

  • City of Atlanta v. Perkins

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Reilly, Margaret Mathis, William Smith, Mark Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dwight Chamberlin, William Gray, (Gray King Chamberlin & Martineau LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0695

    Court affirms spoliation sanctions against City of Atlanta in a negligence action, and affirms trial court's decision to overturns attorney fees award due to a procedural deficiency

  • Kidd et al. v. Metro Brokers, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-12
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Brokerage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Bell, (Bell Law Firm), Atlanta, Bruce Berger, (Berger Law Firm), Atlanta, Shuli Green, (Shuli L. Green, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ned Blumenthal, Seth Weissman, (Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee; Seth Weissman, (Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: A24A1072

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of real estate brokers and agents, who were found not to be liable for fatal injuries to a visitor at a property shown for sale

  • Guy v. Housing Authority of the City of Augusta, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2024-08-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Califf, (Califf Law Firm LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Cosper, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee; Michael Walker, (Piasta Walker Hagenbush, LLC), Atlanta, William McDavid, (Jones Cork, LLP), Macon, Jack Schley, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for AM.

    Case Number: A24A0080

    Court affirms sovereign immunity for Housing Authority in premises liability case, concluding that the Housing Authority is a public entity entitled to sovereign immunity.

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  • Sneed v. Place At Midway, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carson Jeffries, David Carter, Dara Jeffries, (Carter Jeffries, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Manfredi, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker), Atlanta, for appellee; Jeffrey Raasch, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0343

    Court partially reverses dismissal of tenant's personal injury claims but affirms dismissal of contract-based claims due to a one-year time bar in her lease agreement

  • American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Gillis

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, Lauren Kamensky, Sarah Daley, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Richard Jenkins, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Morrow, for appellee; Lervette Blair, (Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0537

    Court reverses denial of a motion for summary judgment in a premises liability case because plaintiff had equal knowledge of an open and obvious hazard

  • High West, LLC v. Reese

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Groth, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Suwanee, Eric Jorgensen, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Long, (Burrow & Associates, LLC), Duluth, Bethany Lavigno, (Bethany Lavigno, PC), Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0201

    Court reverses denial of landlord's summary judgment motion in a premises liability case and rules that landlord not liable as an out-of-possession landlord under OCGA § 44-7-14

  • Pollard v. Deloach

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Mulherin, (Owens & Mulherin), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Ballew, (Barrow & Ballew, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0539

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of a landlord in a premises liability case, finding that a jury must consider landlord's constructive knowledge of hazard

  • Meadows v. Dollar General Store

    Publication Date: 2024-07-04
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erica Morton, Jordan Mahoney, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0347

    Court affirms summary judgment for Dollar General in premises liability case where injured plaintiff had equal knowledge of a hazardous condition that was static, open, and obvious