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  • Fross v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Warshauer, Trent Shuping, Jasper Abbott, (Warshauer Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Brannen, Admir Allushi, Lillian Henry, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0990

    Court agrees that a contractor's employee was employed by a railroad for liability under federal law, and remands for consideration of state law negligence claims

  • Dekalb County v. Stanley

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelley Momo, Laura Johnson, John Jones, Noah Priest-Goodsett, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin Clark, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0820

    Court reverses denial of County's summary judgment motion on plaintiff's Disabilities Act claim and affirms dismissal of negligence claim due to sovereign immunity

  • Cooper Tire & Rubber Company v. McCall

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Scott Anulewicz, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Eric D. Ruben, Douglas E. Horelick, (Clyde & Co US, LLP), Miami, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cale Howard Conley, Scott A. Farrow, William Kent Owens, Jr., (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; David Christopher Hanson, (Weathington LLC), Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Ward, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, Brandon Ryan Keel, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta,; Darren Wade Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Larry Coben, (Anapol Weiss), Scottsdale, Joseph M. Colwell, (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Columbus, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, PC), Atlanta, James E. Butler, Jr., Joel O. Wooten, Jr., Tedra L. Cannella, Ramsey B. Prather, Rory A. Weeks, (Butler, Wooten & Peak LLP), Atlanta, Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., (Schreeder, Wheeler, & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1368

    Georgia Courts Have General Personal Jurisdiction Over Corporations Registered To Do Business in Georgia

  • Bardin v. Lindsey

    Publication Date: 2021-10-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Cauthorn, Brittany Schmidt, (Cauthorn Nohr & Owen), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, Megan Quisao, (Gray Rust St Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Harrison, Amanda Newquist, (Downey & Cleveland LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0659

    Court affirms dismissal of car accident/personal injury lawsuit due to plaintiffs' failure to effect proper service of process on defendant

  • Hall v. City of Blakely

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Damages | Government | Personal Injury | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Margeson, (Attorney at Law), Albany, William Traylor, (Yearout & Traylor, PC), Birmingham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Coleman, (Drew Eckl & Farnham), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1133

    Personal Injury Claimant Against City Failed to State Specific Amount of Monetary Damages Sought

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  • Nusz v. Paulding County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Buckley, (Buckley Christopher, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1073

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury complaint against sheriff and county due to plaintiff's failure to give timely notice of claim to the sheriff

  • Cortes et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2021-09-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, William Smith, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Malissa Kaufold-Wiggins, Meghan Pieler, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0706

    Court vacates dismissal order that was based solely on plaintiffs' failure to comply with a scheduling order, and remands for consideration of why a deadline was missed

  • Express Employment Professionals et al. v. Barker

    Publication Date: 2021-09-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Peery, Nichole Novosel, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dufour, (VAN Pelt & Dufour), Carrollton, for appellee; Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0912

    Court reverses trial court and agrees with administrative law board in ruling that injured employee is not entitled to further workers' compensation benefits

  • Troika Entertainment, LLC et al. v. Mendez

    Publication Date: 2021-09-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Duncan, William Pate, (Dennis Corry Smith & Dixon LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Hagenbush, Sheila Bilimoria, (Atlanta), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0719

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to open default in a personal injury case

  • Quynn v. Hulsey et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caleb Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Katherine McArthur, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0689

    Court adopts a Georgia Supreme Court opinion, vacates a part of its earlier, and reverses a partial summary judgment grant for an employer in a negligence case