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  • Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company v. RPG Hospitality, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Blackwell, David Carpenter, Tiffany Powers, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Brent Kaplan, Hilary Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Cosper, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee; Roger Sumrall, Carrie Moss, (Bendin Sumarall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0047

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of an insured party due to questions of fact caused by an ambiguity in the policy over limits for certain damage

  • Deaton Holdings, Inc. v. Reid et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, David Rhodes, (Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Robert Finnell, (The Finnell Firm), Rome, for appellee; John Hadden, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0005

    A defendant in a car accident lawsuit is not entitled to add joint tortfeasors as indispensable parties where that defendant has a right of contribution against them

  • City of Winder v. Barrow County

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities | Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grant McBride, Andrew Welch, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, Brandon Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Angela Davis, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Ernest Bennett (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, Walter Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P.C.), Valdosta, Jody Campbell, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Gregory Jay, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, Robert Wilson, (Robert Jackson Wilson, PC), Lawrenceville, for other party; Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, Larry Ramsey, (ACCG), Atlanta, G. Scheuer, (Assistant General Counsel), Atlanta, Keith Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A0834

    Court affirms several orders in favor of County and against City in a dispute over collection of funds for road maintenance and water utility services

  • 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

  • T-Mobile South, LLC v. Crittenden

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Tresh, (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP), Atlanta, Alla Raykin, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alex Sponseller, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Mitchell Watkins, (Georgia Attorney General’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee; Joshua Belinfante, Daniel Monahan, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Blackwell, Lee Deneen, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Mark Johnson, Judson Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin P.C.), Brunswick, Colin Delaney, Anthony Rollins, Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A0095

    Court vacates ruling that a telecom company was not entitled to a sales tax refund under a high-tech exemption and remands case for further consideration

  • Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Graham, Erin Coia, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Teresa Tomlinson, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Atkins, Roderick Edmond, Keith Lindsay, (Edmond, Lindsay & Hoffler. LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Bryan Lutz, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux & Sizemore, LLC), Macon, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A0068

    Court reverses denial of motion to dismiss a complaint for negligence over a COVID-related death because plaintiff's conduct did not rise to a level of gross negligence

  • 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

  • Georgiacarry.Org Inc., et al. v. The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Carpenter, James Grant, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Omari Crawford, (The DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1479

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an entity's right to bar firearms from its property, concluding that the entity's lease created an estate for years and not a usufruct

  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2021-12-01
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Peter Law, Brian Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, Brian Trulock, Carrie Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, James Rice, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0677

    Court affirms $42,750,000 jury verdict in a premises liability action where the plaintiff was shot in the defendant's parking lot that was known to be unsafe

  • ALR Oglethorpe, LLC et al. v. Fidelity National Title Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2021-10-22
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Diment, (Diment Carroll LLP), Carrollton, Robert Lovett, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Savannah, Samantha Gunnison, (Diment Porterfield LLP), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0989

    Court affirms summary judgment for title company and against a developer in a matter involving a title abstract that omitted to identify the beneficiary of an easement