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  • Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v. Brewer

    Publication Date: 2023-08-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Odom, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Hughes, (Rahimi Hughes & Padgett, LLC), Savannah, James Doyle, Andrew Eaton, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Harold Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Quentin Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Hunter, Patrick O’Connor, George Major, Irving Drought, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Edwin Page, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0452

    Court vacates order granting a motion to set aside a default judgment and remands for application of proper legal standard and assessment of movant's burden of proof

  • McArthur et al. v. Beech Haven Baptist Church of Athens et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Giovinazzo, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Cochran, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, M. Heath, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Kevin Hudson, Mary Walker, Zachary Hall, (Hudson Parrott Walker, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Martin, Mark Silver, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moseley, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Edward Tolley, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Kathryn Whitlock, (McAngus, Goudelock, & Courie LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Rothring, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0898

    Court reverses dismissal of multiple claims related to sexual abuse brought by plaintiffs against churches that sponsored boy scout troops

  • Arnold v. Liggins

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Damages | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis Meyer, Jack Parker, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Crystal Kesler, (Ckesler Law, LLC), Atlanta, Clarence Bryant, (C. E. Bryant Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0331

    Court affirms a jury's damages award in a car accident case but reverses attorney fee award because a lower settlement demand was not served in accordance with the statute

  • Payton et al. v. City of College Park et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-09
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carson Jeffries, (Carter Jeffries, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Bennett, (Bennett Law Office, LLC), Griffin, Sara Brochstein, Peachtree City, Arthur Park, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0739

    Ante Litem Notices to City of Damages Claim Failed to Specify Amount of Monetary Damages Sought

  • Files v. The Housing Authority of the City of Douglas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Shipley, John Manly, (Manly Shipley LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Blackerby, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0506

    Court reverses grant of summary judgment in favor of a housing authority, finding that it is not a State entity that is entitled to sovereign immunity in a negligence case

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  • Blevins et al. v. PEGGA, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Schoenthaler, Neill Wright, Christopher Rosser, (Schoenthaler Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ross Ginsberg, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, Joseph Prescott, (Fellows Labriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0061

    Expert Testimony Not Necessary to Establish Cause of Pain Experienced When Blood-Draw Technician Pierced Bone

  • Lundy et al. v. Hancock County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Waymire, Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0301

    Jail Officers' Ministerial Duty to Check on Suicidal Arrestee Commenced as Soon as Arrestee Was Placed in Cell

  • Zephaniah v. Georgia Clinic, P.C

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Evidence | Health Care Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Annie Zephaniah, Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terrell Benton, William Story, Thomas Haswell, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0057

    Expert Testimony Not Necessary to Establish Cause of Pain Experienced When Blood-Draw Technician Pierced Bone

  • Riley et al. v. Barreras

    Publication Date: 2023-07-28
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristi Bankston, (Worsham Corsi Scott and Dobur), Marietta, Robert Harrison, Jackson Griner, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alex Dixon, (Alex L. Dixon, P.C.), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0553

    Plaintiff Offered No Evidence to Support Theories of Negligent Entrustment or Vicarious Liability

  • Herzler v. Herzler

    Publication Date: 2023-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Furlong, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Shewmaker, (Shewmaker & Lewis, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0274

    Former Spouse's Videotaping of Contentious Dispute With Other Spouse Did Not Support Invasion of Privacy Claims