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  • Soundara v. AMB Sports & Entertainment, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexandria Seay, Rishi Pattni, (Bird Law Group), Atlanta, T. Bell, (Bell Injury Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Gaither, Mitchell Robinson, Jarvarus Gresham, (BakerHostetler LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Joseph Rahimi, John Hubert, (Rahimi, Hughes & Padgett, LLC), Savannah, Marc Bardack, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Carlos Fernandez, (Meriwether & Tharp LLC), Atlanta, for Other party.
    Case Number: A23A1449

    Court affirms summary judgment for a stadium and security in an injury case involving a brawl, but reverses summary judgment for defendants as to injured victims assault and battery claims

  • Augusta Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender v. Hodge-Peets

    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Buckley, Ashley Wilson Clark, Andrew Tate, (Buckley Bala Wilson Mew LLP), Atlanta, Jamala McFadden, (McFadden Davis LLP), Atlanta, Constance Parks, (The Public Defender’s Office, Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1467

    Court reverses decision denying Office of Public Defender's motion to dismiss a Disabilities Act claim, finding that the Public Defender's Office has sovereign immunity in ADA lawsuits

  • Smith v. Six Flags Over Georgia II, LP

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Lina, James Goldstein, (Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Bagley, Colleen Callaghan, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1431

    Court affirms summary judgment for an amusement park in a personal injury case, finding that injured party had equal knowledge of risks that were open and obvious

  • Coverstone v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wallace Rogers, (Burns Law Group PC), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Damion Overstreet, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1619

    Court affirms denial of suppression of evidence seized during a warrantless vehicle search, finding probable cause based on the totality of circumstances amid legal CBD possession

  • Jimenez v. Houseboats on Lanier, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Brokerage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashley Hughes, Oniss Cardenas, (Oliver Hughes LLC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Jay, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, for appellee; Daniel Parr, (Weaver Law Firm), Gainesville, Franklin Patterson, (Bart Patterson & Associates LLC), Gainesville, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A23A1551

    Court affirms summary judgment for a bot brokerage firm in houseboat purchase dispute based on purchase agreement's merger clause and language disclaiming warranties

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  • CLS Entertainment, Inc. v. Kenkam, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-08
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Newby, Nicholas Bacon, (Newby Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly Ellison, Wayne Kendall, (Wayne B Kendall PC), Fayetteville, John Strauss, (John J. Strauss PC), Kennesaw, Robert Dukes, (Dukes Williams, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1546

    Court reverses post-settlement trial court orders that were contrary to the terms of the settlement in a dispute over a dispossession action relating to a commercial lease and property purchase

  • Brantley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Calvin McMullen, (McMullen and Associates), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tammy Coffey, (District Attorney’s Office Baldwin County), Milledgeville, Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Circuit District Attorneys Office), Eatonton, Faith Worley, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0036

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's multiple challenges regarding sufficiency and admission of evidence and jury charge errors

  • The State v. Gunsby

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, Joanna Helsby, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1444

    Court affirms orders suppressing evidence improperly obtained by police misrepresentations in an affidavit for a warrant, and denying defendant's motion to dismiss certain charges

  • Statham v. Quang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Horner, (Middle Georgia Access to Justice Council, Inc.), Atlanta, W. Reynolds, Bradley Survant, (Reynolds, Horne & Survant), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julye Johns, (Huff Powell & Bailey, L.L.C.), Atlanta, David Nelson, Norman Pearson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1419

    Court affirms order that surgeons are not vicariously liable for medical student's errors during surgery, but notes that surgeons may bear direct liability for negligent supervision

  • Latium USA Trading, LLC v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Contracts | Damages
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Van Horn, Jeremy Kahn, (Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Richard Wayne, Matthew Tokajer, (Richard C. Wayne & Associates, P. C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1262

    Court reverses part of a default judgment due to improper calculation of loss of use damages in a case involving faulty window installation, but affirms all other aspects of the judgment