Sneed v. Place At Midway, LLC et al.
Publication Date: 2024-08-09Practice Area:Personal Injury |
Premises Liability
Industry:Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Presiding Judge DoyleAttorneys: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
Smith et al. v. The State
Publication Date: 2024-06-27Practice Area:Criminal Law
Industry:Court: Georgia Supreme CourtJudge: Justice ColvinAttorneys:For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, Wayne R. Beckermann, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP), Atlanta, Douglas Ray McMillan, (Shingler & McMillan LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.For defendant: Joseph Kenneth Mulholland, Christopher Michael Quinn, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Bainbridge, for appellee; Lynsey M Barron, (Barron Law LLC), Atlanta, Daniel L. Alban, Anna J. Goodman, (Institute For Justice), Arlington, Paul Oliver, Les A. Schneider, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Thomas Leland Walker, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.Case number: S23G0701
Court reverses and remands civil asset forfeiture case, finding that the State's complaint failed to adequately allege essential elements of theft by taking.
Williams v. Kasulka Properties, LP et al.
Publication Date: 2024-03-25Practice Area:Personal Injury |
Premises Liability
Industry:Real Estate
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Presiding Judge McFaddenAttorneys:For plaintiff: John Dozier, Ashley Cameron, Lindsay Simmons, (Dozier Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.For defendant: R. Anderson, (Attorney at Law), Macon, Callie Bryan, (Jones Cork & Miller, LLP), Macon, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Kevin Wangerin, (Bullard, Wangerin, & Corbett, LLP), Macon, Cody McCollum, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Matthew Del Campo, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.Case number: A23A1528
Court affirms summary judgment for a landlord and property managers in premises liability case, finding that the landlord under OCGA § 44-7-14 and that the managers also owed no legal duty
Terry v. Old Hat Chimney, LLC
Publication Date: 2021-09-13Practice Area:Personal Injury
Industry:Transportation
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Judge MercierAttorneys:For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, John Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Chloe Dallaire, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, Richard Caplan, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for Appellant.For defendant: James Merritt, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Perniciaro, (Martenson Hasbrouck & Simon LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee.Case number: A19A1104
Court reverses partial summary judgment grant for an employer in a negligence action, noting that the respondeat superior rule has been abrogated by OCGA §51-12-33.
Odion et al. v. Avesis, Inc. et al.
Publication Date: 2020-07-23Practice Area:Civil Procedure |
Dispute Resolution
Industry:Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Presiding Judge MillerAttorneys:For plaintiff: Gege Odion, Decatur, for appellant.For defendant: Kimberly Sheridan, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, Deepak Jeyaram, (Jeyaram & Associates, PC), Duluth, for appellee.Case number: A20A0658
Trial Court Erred in Ruling That Equitable Relief Requests Stemming From Substantive Claims Were Moot, But Properly Denied Request to Vacate Arbitrator's Final Award
DirecTV, LLC, v. White
Publication Date: 2020-07-06Practice Area:Civil Procedure |
Personal Injury
Industry:Entertainment and Leisure
Court: Georgia Court of AppealsJudge: Judge HodgesAttorneys:For plaintiff: Fulton County State Court, Michael Becker, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Michael Rolle, (The Cordele Law Firm, Inc), Norcross, for appellee.Case number: A20A0447
Plaintiff's Contradictor Testimony Failed to Establish Injury Took Place Within Two Years of Filing of Personal Injury Complaint
Mabry v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
Publication Date: 2016-01-29Practice Area:Industry:Court: Court of AppealsJudge: Phipps, Herbert E.Attorneys:For plaintiff: John Hyatt Hyatt Hyatt PC, Decatur, and David Webster, Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: William Anderson Downey Cleveland LLP, Marietta, for appellee. Other party representation: Alisa Ellenburg Vernis Bowling LLC, Atlanta.Case number: A15A0800
The non-duplication provisions in the claimant's insurance policies did not relieve the insurer of its obligation to pay for uncompensated losses up to the UM policy l
PHF II Buckhead LLC v. Dinku
Publication Date: 2012-04-06Practice Area:Industry:Court: Court of AppealsJudge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.Attorneys:For plaintiff: Glenn S. Bass Scrudder Bass Quillian Horlock Taylor & Lazarus, Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: James N. Sadd Slappey & Sadd LLC, Jeffrey P. Raasch Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta LLC, Atlanta, and Adam H. Long Law Office of Ian R. Rapaport, Duluth, for appellee.Case number: A11A2033
The trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for new trial without first holding a hearing, where the motion clearly sought, in part, a reexamination of issues of fact regarding various e
Miller v. Miller
Publication Date: 2010-12-10Practice Area:Industry:Court: Supreme CourtJudge: Carley, George H.Attorneys:For plaintiff: Tamar O. Faulhaber Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: Gary P. Graham Stern & Edlin, Atlanta, for appellee.Case number: S10F1703, S10A1707
No inference of guilt can be drawn from a privileged refusal to testify in a criminal
Georgia Institute of Technology v. Hunnicutt
Publication Date: 2010-04-23Practice Area:Industry:Court: Court of AppealsJudge: Doyle, John J.Attorneys:For plaintiff: James G. Jackson Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta LLC, and Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellant.For defendant: . Todd K. Maziar, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Delece Brooks State Board of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta.Case number: A10A0377
The trial court did not err in confirming the award of TTD ben to the appellee as timely, because her Request for Catastrophic Designation operated as an application for additional TTD ben