In the Matter of Susan Michele Brown.
Publication Date: 2024-08-19Practice Area:Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
Industry:Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Per Curiam Attorneys:For plaintiff: Teresa Elizabeth Lazzaroni, Lupo, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.Case number: S23Y1211
Court rejects attorney's petition for voluntary discipline because her actions in her role as a trustee were outside of her legal practice and GRPC scope does not extend to her fiduciary actions.
Pappas Restaurant, Inc. v. Welch et al.
Publication Date: 2024-06-18Practice Area:Premises Liability
Industry:Hospitality and Lodging
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Judge MarkleAttorneys:For plaintiff: Nicole Leet, Michael Rust, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Nicholas Boyd, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Jennifer Peterson, Michael Terry, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, 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 & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for other party; Philip Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, Bret Moore, (Bret Moore Law), Atlanta, for AM.Case number: A21A1341
Court affirms denial of summary judgment in wrongful death and negligence claims against restaurant and security company
Cordial Endeavor Concessions of Atlanta, LLC v. Gebo Law LLC
Publication Date: 2024-03-11Practice Area:Damages
Industry:Legal Services
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Presiding Judge McFaddenAttorneys:For plaintiff: Christine Mast, Thomas Buckler, (Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Donna Johnson, Atlanta, Tyler Dillard, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee.Case number: A23A1474
Court affirms $1.15 million damages award for unpaid legal services in a quantum meruit lawsuit filed by an attorney who provided those services
Fields v. Rainbow Community Center, Inc. et al.
Publication Date: 2023-11-17Practice Area:Premises Liability
Industry:Hospitality and Lodging
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Presiding Judge McFaddenAttorneys:For plaintiff: Janet Scott, Eugene Felton, Quinton Seay, (Seay/Felton LLC), Atlanta, Alexandria Jones, Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Frank Bedinger, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.Case number: A23A1009
Court reverses summary judgment award in favor of homeless shelter due to open issues of fact on foreseeability, and vacates breach of contract order and remands for further consideration
Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael
Publication Date: 2023-08-15Practice Area:Premises Liability
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice BethelAttorneys:For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Brian David Trulock, (Magmutual Insurance Company), Atlanta, Carrie A. Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Peter Andrew Law, Brian Colty Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, James Alexander Rice, Jr., Andrew J. Brandt, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, , for appellee; Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Valentin Leppert, Martha Banner Banks, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Rebecca Woods, Esther Slater McDonald, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP.), Atlanta, Adeline K Lambert, Kyle D. Hawkins, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellant; Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.Case number: S22G0527
Court rules that in premises liability cases, the reasonable foreseeability of a third-party criminal act is a factual determination linked to a proprietor's obligations
Wang et al. v. Dukes et al.
Publication Date: 2023-08-09Practice Area:Motor Vehicle Torts |
Wrongful Death
Industry:Transportation
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Presiding Judge DoyleAttorneys:For plaintiff: Jimmy Hwang, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: William Major, David Wilson, Garret Drogosch, (Hawkins, Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.Case number: A23A0104
Issues of Material Fact Were Presented as to Whether Truck Driver Left His Lane of Travel Before Colliding With Minivan
Holt v. Rickman et al.
Publication Date: 2023-07-10Practice Area:Personal Injury
Industry:Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Judge PhippsAttorneys:For plaintiff: Michael Hill, (Mayo Hill), Macon, for appellant.For defendant: Matthew Barr, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Dickinson, (Attorney at Law), Winston-Salem, for appellee.Case number: A23A0612
Impact Rule Precluded Claim For Emotional Distress Arising From Plaintiff's Discovery of Maintenance Worker in Her Bed
Hughes v. Ace American Insurance Company
Publication Date: 2023-06-20Practice Area:Insurance Law |
Personal Injury
Industry:Transportation
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Judge BrownAttorneys: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
Titshaw et al. v. Geer et al.
Publication Date: 2023-06-14Practice Area:Civil Procedure |
Legal Malpractice
Industry:Legal Services
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Chief Judge RickmanAttorneys:For plaintiff: Michael Peacock, (Michael Peacock), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Christine Mast, Lauren Dick, (Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, Donald Brown, William Story, Thomas Haswell, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.Case number: A23A0410
Continuous Relationship Rule Did Not Apply to Toll Statute of Limitations Period on Legal Malpractice Claim
Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation, Inc. et al.
Publication Date: 2023-04-13Practice Area:Attorney Compensation |
Constitutional Law |
Damages |
Health Care Law
Industry:Health Care |
Legal Services
Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice WarrenAttorneys:For plaintiff: Andrew Timothy Rogers, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips William Michael D’Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr., Hilary Wayne Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Joshua Ferber Thorpe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Matthew Farish Barr, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jeff Sandman, (Webb, Daniel, Friedlander, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Maxwell Kent Thelen, Andrew Steven Ashby, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Matthew J. Rubenstein, (Jones Day), Minneapolis, Letitia A. McDonald, Robert B. Friedman, Erin Munger, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Anna Sumner Pieschel, Philip S. Goldberg, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, David Christopher Hanson, (The Hanson Firm), Atlanta, Anthony J. Sebok, (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), New York John C.P. Goldberg, (Harvard Law School), Cambridge, for Amicus Appellee; Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jeffrey R. White, (Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.), Washington, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, James D. Meadows, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Jacob Edward Daly, Elissa Blache Haynes, P. Michael Freed, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.Case number: S22A1060
Statutory Cap on Punitive Damages Does Not Violate State Constitutional Right to Jury Trial