• Georgia Pain and Wellness Center, LLC v. Hatchett

    Publication Date: 2023-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Long, Sarah Gordon, Edward Wasmuth, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Sean Rosario, (Hunton & Williams LLP), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Wingate, (Myers & Wingate, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee; Stephen Berger, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Kathyrn Guzner, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Marina Melman, (Melman Law Group), Roswell, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0185

    Court reverses denial of a motion to set aside a contempt order in a discovery dispute involving a nonparty because service of process did not comport with due process

  • 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

  • Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission v. New Georgia Project Action Fund et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-08
    Practice Area: Discovery | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth Young, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Russell Willard, (Attorney at Law Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyce Lewis, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Bryan Sells, (Law Office of Bryan L. Sells LLC), Atlanta, Marc Elias, Aria Branch, Elisabeth Frost, Alexi Velez, (Elias Law Group LLP), Washington, for appellee; Other Parties, Adam Sparks, (Krevolin & Horst, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0748

    Court affirms denial of a motion to compel a document subpoena to two campaign entities and reverses an order modifying a subpoena to another entity

  • Crumpton et al. v. Samples

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Discovery
    Industry: Brokerage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Klein, (Rountree Leitman & Klein, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashley Hughes, (Oliver Hughes LLC), Woodstock, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0632

    Court affirmed denial of motion to withdraw admissions and summary judgment order in favor of buyer in a dispute over agent's right to retain earnest money

  • NRD Partners II, L. P. v. Quadre Investments, L. P

    Publication Date: 2022-08-03
    Practice Area: Discovery | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanford Wilson, Brent Wasser, (Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson LLP), Atlanta, Max DeLeon, Fredric Cohen, (Cheng Cohen LLC), Chicago, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Tate, Tyler Dillard, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee; Emily Hancock, Richard Strickland, (Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins), Brunswick, Leland Wykoff, Pigeon Forge Lawrence Lebow, Gainesville, Jonathan Lebow, Mercer Island, Miriam Roth, Mercer Island for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0595

    Court vacates attorney fee award in matter involving a motion to compel discovery against a non-party in a shareholder dispute and remands for further analysis

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  • Dentistry for Children of Georgia et al. v. Foster et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-21
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Michael Frankson, Randolph Powell, Paige Mckinney, (Huff Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta, Michael Wright, Sybil Newton, (Starnes Davis Florie LLP), Birmingham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Atkinson, Andrew Hill, (Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, PC), Athens, Dustin Davies, (Hasty Pope LLP), Gainesville, Davis Loftin, Jeffrey Mykkeltvedt, (Mykkeltvedt & Loftin, LLC), Atlanta, John Mabrey, (The Mabrey Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, James Matthews, (Blackwood, Matthews & Steel), Athens, Jonathan Pope, (Hasty Pope LLP), Canton, William Armstrong, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Alexandra Hughes, (Carlock Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Kathryn Burmeister, (Burmeister Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, Bryan Sutlive, (Sutlive & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1746

    Court affirms harsh sanction of precluding defendants from defending claims in a personal injury case due to defendants' willful failure to respond to discovery

  • Blount et al. v. College Glen Condominium Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-07
    Practice Area: Discovery | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Cain, (Law Offices of Adam M. Cain LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Stevens, (Howe Law Firm), Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1626

    Court affirms summary judgment on a condominium association's complaint for unpaid assessments based on unanswered requests for admission.

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

    Publication Date: 2021-06-15
    Practice Area: Discovery | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warner Fox, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Law, Ernest Moran, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0155

    Court affirms order denying appellants' motion for an independent neuropsychological exam of injured plaintiff in an auto accident case

  • Foundation Contractors, Inc v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-20
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Bresee, Arthur Park, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Nicholas Boyd, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronan Doherty, Michael Jones, (Bondurant, Mixso & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Hobgood, David Bass, (Hobgood & Rutherford LLC), Atlanta, David Rutherford, (Rutherford Construction Arbitration & Mediation, LLC), Talking Rock, for appellee. Martin Levinson, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, April Rich, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Ryan Meade, (Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, PA), Atlanta, Todd LaDouceur, Michael Moretz, (Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith), Atlanta, Michael Moretz, (Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith), Pensacola, Benjamin Welch, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1771

    Court reverses order granting sanctions for discovery violations when information was not withheld willfully or knowingly

  • Creek House Seafood & Grill, LLC v. Provatas, as Surviving Spouse of Michael Provatas et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-06
    Practice Area: Discovery | Premises Liability
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Ward, Carrie Coleman, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Brunswick, Elissa Haynes, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Turner, (Savage, Turner, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1631

    Court reverses order granting sanctions for spoliation of evidence where video evidence was erased before actual or constructive knowledge of litigation was given