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August 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Civil Death Penalty': Ford Trial Opens With Unusual Jury Instructions

After more than four years, Ford is back in court to defend charges the company made a faulty roof that crushed and caused the death of Melvin and Voncile Hill. This time, Ford's lawyers can only argue about how much the company should pay.
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July 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Daring Residents to Sue': Georgians File Suit to Get Referendum on November Ballot

"The defendants are simply refusing to carry out their duties under the Act and daring the city's aggrieved residents to sue them," wrote plaintiff counsel Lucas Andrews of Poole Huffman in Tucker.
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Domingue et al. v. Ford Motor Company
Publication Date: 2022-07-19
Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury | Products Liability
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Warren
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, Inc.), Tifton, for appellant.
For defendant: Michael Roger Boorman, Philip Andrew Henderson, Evan E. Smith, IV, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Paul Frederich Malek, Donald Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael W. Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP), Austin, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, for appellee; Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Alyssa Bernadette Baskam, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Richard B. North, Jr., Alex G. Pisciarino, (Nelson Mullins Rilet & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan R. Friedman, Gary J. Toman, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
Case number: S22Q0279

Georgia's Seatbelt Statute Did Not Preclude Vehicle Manufacturer From Presenting Evidence of Seatbelt as Part of Restraint System

June 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Justice Upholds 'Seatbelt Gag Rule' but Notes 'Serious Concerns' Going Forward

"Some of us have serious concerns about the constitutionality of a statute that strips from a defendant the ability to present evidence that could be critical to its ability to present a defense of a product it designs and manufactures," Justice Sarah Warren said.
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Siteone Landscaping Supply, LLC v. Stewart
Publication Date: 2022-05-31
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Michael Boorman, Philip Henderson, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Frank Middleton, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for appellant.
For defendant: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Donald Singleton, (Singleton Law Firm LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
Case number: A22A0591

Trial Court Erred by Entering Default Judgment Based on New Party Defendant's Failure to File Answer to Amended Complaint

May 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Woman Sues Otis Elevator Co. Over Personal Injury Claims

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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A & M Hospitalities LLC et al. v. Alimchandani
Publication Date: 2022-04-18
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: J. Bright, Justin Scott, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, John Floyd, Jennifer Peterson, Kamal Ghali, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, James Garland, George Lilly, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, John Kennedy, (James-Bates-Brannan-Groover, LLP), Macon, Timothy Tanner, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
For defendant: Henry Scott, (H. Pearce Scott, P.C.), Valdosta, Vineet Roney, (Roney Law LLC), Atlanta, Daniel Lombard, David Lakin, Jonathan Bunge, Daniel Scwartz, Sanford Weisburst, (Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP), Chicago, New York, K. Cooke, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, for appellee; Christopher Cohilas, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for other party.
Case number: A21A1576

Court determines that a plaintiff's second amended complaint is barred by res judicata

McEntyre v. Sam's East, Inc.
Publication Date: 2022-03-25
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry:
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Bethel
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Joseph West Dent, (Joseph W. Dent, P.C.), Albany, Alfreda Lynette Sheppard, (Watson Spence LLC), Albany, for appellant.
For defendant: Ernest Linwood Beaton, Howard M. Lessinger, (McLain & Merritt), Atlanta, John Holder Smith, Jr., (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for appellee; Keith Robert Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellee.
Case number: S21Q0909

Tort Claim Arising From Store Employee's Failure to Properly Secure Load on Customer's Truck Subject to Ordinary Negligence Analysis

March 08, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Who's to Blame? In Case Involving Sam's Club Mattress on Roadway, Georgia High Court Clarifies Responsibility

"Where there is evidence that a third party was injured as a result of a vehicle's load becoming loose, detached, or in any manner a hazard to users of the public road due to an unforeseeable or unavoidable intervening cause, the defendant-loader may not be liable for injuries arising from the load becoming unsecured," the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled Tuesday.
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March 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Baker McKenzie Should Be Disqualified': Georgia Lawyer Wants to Stop Firm Representing Russian Bank

"A most fundamental obligation of lawyers worldwide is the duty to protect client confidences and, a fortiori, not to deploy a client's confidential information against that client," read a motion for disqualification drafted by Poole Huffman trial attorney Luke Andrews of Tucker.
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