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  • Bowers v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Alison Currie, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Randolph Mayer, (Mayer & Harper LLP), Atlanta, Shawn Ricci, (Marc J. Bern & Partners, LLP), Conshohocken, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Loebl, Sonja Tate, (Fulcher Hagler LLP), Augusta, Frank Gordon, (Millberg Gordon Stewart PLLC), Raleigh, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0839

    Court affirms exclusion of expert testimony and grant of summary judgment in favor of an employer in a FELA lung cancer case, finding that the testimony speculated and did not establish causation

  • Sinyard et al. v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2022-04-07
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Buck, (Buck Law Firm), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Droze, Jill Kuhn, Kathryn Hopkins, Katarzyna Hebda, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Eric Hawkins, David Marshall, (Hawkins & Parnell), Atlanta, Jennifer Burbine, Richard Beaulieu, (McGuireWoods LLP), Atlanta, Lee Anand, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, William Massey, Ronnie Gosselin, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, James Hollis, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, Frances Spinelli, (Evert Weathersby Houff), Atlanta, Ivan Gustafson, (Law Office of Ivan Gustafson), McDonough, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1424

    In mesothelioma lawsuits, court affirms in part and reverses in part summary judgment for one defendant, reverses as to a second, and affirms as to a third

  • Brock et al. v. Atlanta Airlines Terminal Corporation

    Publication Date: 2021-04-13
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Register, (Register Lett LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Capobianco, Richard Bruno, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, Kimberly Sheridan, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1858

    Flight Attendant Failed to Establish Causal Connection Between Physical Injuries from Broken Sewer Pipe and Airlines Terminal's Alleged Negligence Under Georgia Impact Rule

  • Pneumo Abex, LLC, et al. v. Sheila Long, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-12
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Hempel, Gregory O'Neil, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Valentin Leppert, (King & Spalding LLP), Frances Spinelli, Ivan Gustafson, (Evert Weathersby Houff), Atlanta, Robyn Richards, Andrew Davenport, Paul Williams, (Kasowitz Benson Torress, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Sharon Zinns, (Zinns Law, LLC), Smyrna, S. Tate, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellee. Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1442

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Granting Partial Summary Judgment to Deceased's Wife as to Companies' Non-Party Fault Defense and on 'Alternative Carcinogens'

  • Henry et al. v. Atlanta Gas Light Company

    Publication Date: 2020-04-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Protentis, (Protentis Law LLC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Eric Miller, (Miller Bonham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexandra Nelson, Seth Litman, John McDonald, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1990

    Court Properly Held That Injuries From Gas Explosion Did Not Arise From a Breach of Duty by Gas Company, Which Had No Knowledge of the Hazard

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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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  • Holcomb Investments Limited v. Keith Hardware, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Real Estate | Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Protentis, (Protentis Law LLC), Atlanta, Eric Miller, (Miller Bonham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Darneille, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, John Hal, David Williams, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2422

    Triable Issue as to Whether Store Employee Should Have Taken Precautions Upon Noticing "god awful" Chemical Smell

  • Pascarelli et al. v. Koehler

    Publication Date: 2018-08-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justyn Alioto (Mills & Hoopes LLC), Atlanta; Timothy Walls (Mills & Hoopes LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James McLaughlin (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Stevan Miller, Gwendolyn Havlik (Drew ECKL & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0198

    Online Reservation Capability Does Not Satisfy Minimum Contacts Requirement Where Conduct Occurred Outside Forum

  • Davis et al. v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Labor Law | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Buck, Juliana Sleeper (Buck Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Trisha Holland (Eraclides, Gelman, Hall, Indek, Goodman, Waters & Traverso), Lawrenceville; Marion Waters (Eraclides Gelman Hall Indek Goodman & Waters LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1726

    Workers' Compensation Board Lacked Jurisdiction Over Work-Related Injuries Resulting From Out-Of-State Asbestos Exposure

  • Viad Corp v. United States Steel Corporation

    Publication Date: 2018-02-08
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Toxic Torts
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alston & Bird, Daniel F. Diffley, Kyle G. A. Wallace, Annalise K. Peters; Moore Clarke DuVall & Rodgers, James H. Moore III, Matthew D. DeMott, for appellant.
    for defendant: Watson Spence, Louis E. Hatcher, Alfreda L. Sheppard, F. Faison Middleton IV, Christopher L. Foreman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0937

    Plaintiff could not claim indemnity for its own negligence after State ordered it and its predecessor to pay for environmental remediation of certain property because the assumption agreement did not expressly, plainly, clearly and unequivocally provide that predecessor would indemnify plaintiff to that extent; accordingly, the trial court erred in granting plaintiff's motion for summary judgment in its suit for indemnification.

  • Rebel Auction Co., Inc. v. The Citizens Bank

    Publication Date: 2017-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Smith (Young Thagard Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Markie Perry (Cowart & Perry, LLP), Valdosta; Clifford Kirbo (The Kirbo Law Firm), Moultrie, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0938

    The trial court erred in granting bank's motion for summary judgment but properly denied defendant's motion for summary judgment in a suit arising out a default on two promissory notes.