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Federal Jury in Valdosta Awards $250K in Walmart Slip and (Almost) Fall
The Valdosta jury awarded $250,000 in damages, then tacked on another $9,000 following a separate trial on claims Walmart offered a frivolous defense.
Trend: Defense Adding Appellate Lawyers at Trial to Fight Plaintiffs' 'Emotional' Closings
"Your adrenaline's running, you're in the trial zone and you don't necessarily think before you speak, and you say the wrong thing," said appellate attorney Elissa Haynes in Atlanta. "That wrong thing is oftentimes what a juror latches on to, and it results in these outrageous verdicts."
Q&A: Defense Bar Leader Jeff Ward Discusses His Switch to Full-Time Mediator During Pandemic
The current president of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association also became a certified mediator in 2016. When the pandemic forced court closures, Ward decided to make the leap to full-time neutral with Miles Mediation.
GEICO Indemnity Co. v. Whiteside
Publication Date: 2021-05-13 Practice Area: Insurance Law |
Personal Injury
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court Judge: Justice Ellington Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Robb Cruser, Kathleen Marie Hurley, (Cruser Mitchell Novitz Sanchez Gaston & Zimet LLP), Norcross, Wallace Miller, (Wallace Miller III, LLC), Macon, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., Colin Dang Delaney, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant. For defendant: Timothy Scot Rigsbee, Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Miranda Johnston Brash, Charles Austin Gower, Jr., Shaun Patrick O'Hara, (Charles A. Gower PC), Columbus, for appellee. David Marlow Atkinson, Bradley S. Wolff, Douglas Lee Clayton, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey S. Ward, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Brunswick, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Amicus Appellant. Richard English Dolder, Jr., James Nicholas Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, David Austin Bersinger, (Bersinger Law LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee. Case number: S21Q0227
Court Analyzes Tortfeasor's Duty to Give Insurer Notice of Suit, Insurer's Duty to Settle Claim Brought Against Tortfeasor
Lopez v. The State
Publication Date: 2021-05-06 Practice Area: Criminal Law |
Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court Judge: Justice Peterson Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara S Becker, (Drew Eckl Farnham), Decatur, for appellant. For defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee. Case number: S21A0322
Dying Victim's Statements to Others Identifying Assailant Admissible at Trial as Excited Utterances
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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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Who Got the Work: An NFT Art Auction and a Brain Injury Verdict
Auction house Sotheby's made its first-ever sale of non-fungible tokens with the help of attorneys in Seward & Kissel, Morrison Cohen worked with Morelli Law to represent a man who sustained a traumatic brain injury from a work accident, and other work from midsize moves.
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
Ham v. City of Milton
Publication Date: 2021-03-31 Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals Judge: Presiding Judge Reese Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Beelen, (Drew Eckl & Farnham), Atlanta, for appellant. For defendant: Paul Frickey, Ken Jarrard, Patrick Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee. Case number: A20A1751
Court affirms dismissal of petition and writ of certiorari because petitioner failed to effect service of his complaint within the statutorily allotted time
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Recruiters are seeing an uptick in associate candidate requests, ranging from Am Law 50 firms to boutiques.
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