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  • American Anesthesiology of Georgia, LLC v. Northside Hospital, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Allen, Jeffrey Clark, (McGuire Woods LLP), Charlotte, Stanley Roberts, Matthew Fitzgerald, (McGuire Woods LLP), Richmond, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bauer, Jeffrey Baxter, (Baker Hostetler, LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Bosin, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Jacquelyn Watts, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Wesley Ross, (Webb, Tanner & Powell), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Kathryn McConnell, (Littler Mendelson PC), Atlanta, Paul Kennedy, (Littler Mendelson, P.C.), Washington, William Vail, (Polsinelli PC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1644

    Court reverses ruling that a no-hire restrictive covenants clause in an agreement between two health care providers is unenforceable

  • Pappas Restaurant, Inc. v. Welch et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-10
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Leet, Michael Rust, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Nicholas Boyd, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Wynn, James Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Aleksandra Bronsted, (Law Offices of Aleksandra Bronsted PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Warner Fox, Christine Mast, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, Bret Moore, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1341

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment and rules in favor of property owner and security company on claims for negligence following a shooting in a parking lot

  • 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

  • WS CE Resort Owner, LLC v. Holland et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-13
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Sullivan, (Burr & Forman, LLP), Atlanta, Julie Sellers, (Dillard Sellers LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Stone, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Haymore, Julie Sellers, Randolph Russell, (Dillard Sellers LLC), Atlanta, John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0329

    Court affirms implied easement in favor of property owners who purchased lots in reliance on construction of an adjacent golf course

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Tyler

    Publication Date: 2021-08-13
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Robert Highsmith, Matthew Friedlander, Jonathan Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Melanie Eyre, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Goldberg, (Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Donald Singleton, (Singleton Law Firm LLC), Alpharetta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0626

    Court reverses jury verdict in a personal injury case because trial court issued an erroneous jury charge on spoliation of evidence

  • General Motors LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Diversity | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Jonathan Spital, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, Charles Marsh, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, Brian Kappel, Michael Bell, Rachel Lary, Christopyer Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Myrece Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Richard North, Richard North, (Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Dawson, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Lance Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Glover, (Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis Miles), Montgomery, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: A21A0043

    Court affirms denial of a protective order that sought to preclude a deposition of GM's CEO and declines to adopt the apex doctrine in Georgia

  • Timothy Franzen, Intervenor et al. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2021-04-23
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, Carranza Pryor, (LSU Health Sciences Center – Shreveport), Shreveport, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Calvert, Laura Wagner, (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Atlanta, Fani Willis, (The Law Offices of Fani T. Willis, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Highsmith, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Paul Howard, (Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, Alvin Kendall, Douglass Selby, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Richard Sinkfield, (Rodgers & Hardin LLP), Atlanta, Keith Wiener, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0259

    Trial Court Properly Agreed With the City's View That Redevelopment of an Area in Downtown Atlanta Serves a Beneficial Purpose

  • 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

  • Foundation Contractors, Inc v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-20
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Bresee, Arthur Park, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Nicholas Boyd, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronan Doherty, Michael Jones, (Bondurant, Mixso & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Hobgood, David Bass, (Hobgood & Rutherford LLC), Atlanta, David Rutherford, (Rutherford Construction Arbitration & Mediation, LLC), Talking Rock, for appellee. Martin Levinson, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, April Rich, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Ryan Meade, (Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, PA), Atlanta, Todd LaDouceur, Michael Moretz, (Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith), Atlanta, Michael Moretz, (Galloway Johnson Tompkins Burr & Smith), Pensacola, Benjamin Welch, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1771

    Court reverses order granting sanctions for discovery violations when information was not withheld willfully or knowingly

  • Moody et al v. Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-06
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Chandler, Shaun Rooney, (Chandler Law, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Rogers, (NCR Corp.), Atlanta, Johannes Kingma, Jennifer Guerra, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Gregory Digel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1011

    Court remands dispute over production of work product documents to trial court for determination of need, undue hardship, and substance of requested materials