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  • Bray et al. v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Hendrix, Warren Lietz, (Finch McCranie), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Waymire, Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1469

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a sheriff who failed to activate a tornada warning system, finding that the public duty doctrine barred the plaintiff's claims

  • Jones v. Georgia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2023-04-12
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Benjamin Driggers, (B. Dave Driggers, P.C.), Macon, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, F. Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Corrie Hall, Duke Groover, (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP), Macon, Samuel Alderman, (Attorney at Law), Macon, Wallace Miller, (Wallace Miller III, LLC), Macon, Mary Eva Hutcherson, (Alderman & Hutcherson), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1685

    Court rejects arguments from beneficiaries of an auto insurance policy that the policyholder had higher uninsured motorist coverage limits

  • Campbell et al. v. Courtesy Ford, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Law, Ernest Moran, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Fox, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Timothy Mitchell, (Cruser Mitchell Novitz Sanchez Gaston & Zimet), Norcross, Diana Moore, (Cruser Mitchell Novitz Sanchez Gaston & Zimet), Peachtree Corners for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1739

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of employer, which did not bear vicarious liability for employee's negligent car accident

  • Hall v. Acker

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Rodgers, (The Tolson Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Thomas Sampson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Amelia Baker, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1309

    Court determines that a school security officer does not have official immunity to a student's claims for excessive force and other causes following a pepper-spray incident

  • Morney v. Kiker et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Michelman, (Foy & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, Steven Grunberg, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1473

    Court affirms dismissal of car accident/personal injury lawsuit against a sheriff where plaintiff presented ante litem notice only to the county and not directly to the sheriff

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  • Benchmark Rehabilitation Partners, LLC v. SDJ Logistics, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Farley, (McGuire Woods LLP), Atlanta, Laura Cooley, (McGuire Woods, LLP), Richmond, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darrell Carver, (Mykkeltvedt & Loftin LLC), Atlanta, Zachary Matthews, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP), Alpharetta, for appellee; Johnquel Neal, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1519

    Court affirms order compelling a non-party to compel documents in a car accident/injury case

  • Karekezi et al. v. Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise Smith, (Smith Law, LLC), Dacula, William Smith, (Smith Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: P. Freed, Elissa Haynes, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, Joseph Menello, (Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1545

    Court affirms dismissal of a personal injury complaint against a safety system manufacturer, which had provided adequate warnings regarding the use of the system

  • Griffith v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2023-03-23
    Practice Area: Education Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lakeisha Griffith, Lilburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Russell Britt, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee; Brandon White, (Fulton County Office of the Solictor General), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1742

    Tort Claims Based on Complaint Filed With Professional Standards Agency Was Barred by Sovereign and Official Immunity

  • Miller v. Evans

    Publication Date: 2023-03-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Avery, (The Avery Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Richardson, Lynn Leonard and Associates), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1490

    Court vacated denial of motion to withdraw a settlement that was based on a scrivener's error and remands case for application of proper equitable factors

  • Burch v. Marta et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Smith, Brent McIntosh, (W. Calvin Smith, II, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicole Shockley, (Marta), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1655

    Court affirms denial of a motion to set aside a summary judgment order where service was made but recipient mistakenly did not see a summary judgment motion