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  • Modi v. India-American Cultural Association

    Publication Date: 2024-02-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Girish Modi, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Kogan, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1569

    Court affirms liability for an attorney fee award in a case involving violations of an organization's bylaws, but remands for specific assessment of fees in relation to sanctionable conduct

  • McLeod v. Costco Wholesale Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-24
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Murray, Lauren Gregory, Connor Bateman, (Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1055

    General Remedy For Failure to Plead Fraud-Related Claims Was More Definite Statement, Not Dismissal

  • Hansford v. Veal et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Eichelzer, (The Law Offices of P. Kent Eichelzer, III), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Nichols, John Kennedy, (James Bates Brannan Groover, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0836

    RICO Defendant Could Not Dispute Civil Liability Following Default Judgment

  • United Sciences, LLC et al. v. Kellett et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon Bloom, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, Nicholas Sears, (Knight Palmer, LLC) Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Rutherford, Steven Collins, Gavin Reinke, Bryan Lutz, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Blake Frye, (Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Gibson, Daniel Hendrix, (The Finley Law Firm PC), Atlanta, Keith Kodosky, Ronald Masterson, Andrew Eaton, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Samuel Kellett, Artoush Ohanian, Atlanta, for appellee; Wess Sharpe, Richmond Hill, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1060

    Tortious Interference Claims Against Defendants' Attorneys Properly Dismissed Under Stranger Doctrine

  • Premier Residential SE, LLC et al. v. Silverstone Residential, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-20
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Busch, Laura Mirmelli, (Busch, Slipakoff, Mills & Slomka, LLC), Atlanta, Tom Pye, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine Silverman, Lea Dearing, (Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0280

    Court affirms in part and reverses in part several aspects of a jury verdict in a complex dispute between former business partners

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-23
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Henningsen, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Susan Cremer, (Neff Law), Atlanta, Timothy Peagler, (Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Cohen, Sean Jessee, Andrew Smith, (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Blavin, John Major, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), San Francisco, Anne Conley, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, for appellee; Robert Johnson, (Johnson & Alday LLC), Marietta, Anne Gower, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1218

    Party Injured in Auto Collision Adequately Stated Claim Negligently Designed Software Was Proximate Cause

  • Tavistock Freebirds v. The Coca-Cola Company

    Publication Date: 2023-02-09
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Maguire, James Cole, (Parks Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Evans, Tiffany Watkins, (Stacey Evans Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0010

    Beverage Vendor's Sales Puffery Did Not Support Restaurant's Claims For Breach of Contract and Fraud

  • Morris v. Real Estate Expert Advisors, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rafi, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Barnes, (Barnes Firm LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Adam Joffe, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Paul Spann, (Goodman McGuffey LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Lloyd Hedrick, (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1116

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Summary Judgment Sua Sponte on Issue Not Raised by Moving Party

  • Parnell et al. v. Sherman & Hemstreet, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-06
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Brokerage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Trotter, (William A. Trotter, III, P.C.), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Tarver, (Enoch Tarver PC), Augusta, Warren Pitts, (Murphy Pitts, LLC), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0069

    Court vacates temporary injunction in a complaint involving a non-compete agreement and reverses denial of a new employer's motion to dismiss

  • Maynard et al. v. Snapchat, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, Amanda Kay Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Lawson Neff, Darryl Dwayne Adams, Susan Mary Cremer, Timothy Shane Peagler, (The Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C.), Atlanta, Todd Robert Henningsen, (Henningsen Injury Attorneys, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori G. Cohen, Sean Patrick Jessee, Andrew Zachery Ryan Smith, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Hugh Blavin , Anne K. Conley , John Blackston Major Pope, (Munger, Tolles & Olson, LLP), Los Angeles, Anne Dodson Gower, (Gower Wooten & Darneille LLC), Atlanta, Robert David Johnson, (Johnson & Alday, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Brian DeVoe Rogers, (Rogers & Fite, LLC), Atlanta, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, PC), Atlanta, Paul Isaac Hotchkiss, (Hotchkiss Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (Bey And Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Steven Ashby, (The Ashby Firm), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; W. Ray Persons, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Michael L. Eber, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0555

    Manufacturer's Duty of Care Extended to Selecting From Alternative Product Designs in Light of Foreseeable Risks of Harm