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  • Roberts v. Unison Behavioral Health

    Publication Date: 2021-10-14
    Practice Area: Damages | Government | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mylee McKinney O’Connor, Graham Franklin Floyd, (JohnsonFloyd LLP), Baxley, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathleen M. Pacious, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, William Knight Scott, Angela Ellen Cusimano, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher M. Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G1518

    Ante Litem Notice to State Entity Adequately Described Nature and Extent of Claimant's Loss Following Vehicle Accident

  • 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

  • Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-07
    Practice Area: Damages | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Robbins, Jason Alloy, Jeremy U. Littlefield, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harmon W. Caldwell, Jr., Harry W. MacDougald, Jeremy Mark Moeser, Christine O'Connell Dial Buckler, Lauren Jill Miller, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee; Mark David Johnson, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Michael James Eshman, (Eshman Begnaud, LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope LLP), Canton, for Amicus Appellee; Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S20G1419

    Trial Court Provided Reasoned Explanation

  • Norman et al. v. Xytex Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Damages | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McDonough, (Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC), Atlanta, William Garrison, Brandy Robertson, (Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC), Birmingham, Nancy Hersh, (Hersh & Hersh), San Francisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alison Currie, Thomas Lavender, Andrew King, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Timothy Lytton, (Georgia State University College of Law), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A0445

    Court vacates and earlier opinion and remands case for the trial court's determination of which of plaintiff's claims do not derive their injury from the life of their child itself

  • Kennison v. Mayfield et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Dallas, (Beck, Owen & Murray), Griffin, Karl Broder, Griffin, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2074

    Court affirms $33 million wrongful death damages award and apportionment of fault in a wrongful death case, but reverses and remands as to attorney fees

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  • De La Cruz et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-09
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Norman Cuadra, (Norman H. Cuadra, P.C.), Lawrenceville, Vanessa Kosky Narea, (The Law Office of Vanessa Kosky, PC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Daniel Porter, Michael DeTardo, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0196

    State Presented Sufficient Evidence to Prove Fair Market Value of Damaged Tractor Trailer and Support Court's Restitution Award

  • Fassnacht v. Moler

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Damages | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Sager, Gary Toman, Jason Vuchinich, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert James, (Daniels & James LLC), Atlanta, Daniel Shim, (Morriss, Shim, James), Atlanta, Jordan Davis, (Adamson & Cleveland, LLC), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1583

    Court affirms $30,000 compensatory damages and $375,000 punitive damages award in father's assault and battery lawsuit against his son

  • Ultra Group of Companies, Inc. v. S & A 1488 Management, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Damages
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Jennings, Paul Oliver, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Spix, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Julie Silverstein Barker, (Georgia Lottery Corporation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0962

    Court affirms rejection of an unenforceable liquidated damages provision, and of a finding that appellant failed to prove its lost profits due to a breach of contract

  • Owens v. Novae, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-11-23
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Damages | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Lefco, (Law Offices Stanley M. Lefco, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1268

    Company Failed to Show That Claimed Loss in Profits Was Result of Officer's Alleged Breach of Operating Agreement

  • Norman et al. v. Xytex Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Francis McDonough, (Heninger Garrison & Davis, LLC), Atlanta, Nancy Hersh, Kate Hersh-Boyle, (Hersh & Hersh), San Francisco, David Blake Newdorf, (Newdorf Legal), Oakland, William L. Garrison, Jr., (Heninger Garrison Davis), Birmingham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Edward Lavender, Alison Lawrence Currie, Andrew John King, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Timothy D Lytton, (Georgia State University College of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1486

    Rule Barring "Wrongful Birth" Claims Did Not Necessarily Bar All Claims Based on Defective Sperm