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  • Williams, III et al. v. Georgia Ports Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noble Boykin, (Jones, Boykin & Associates), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jared Campbell, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Edgar Smith, (Morgan & Morgan, PA), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1313

    Court reverses dismissal of negligence complaint against an individual, finding that he did not have Eleventh Amendment immunity under federal maritime law

  • March 18, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Georgia Courts Clear Path for Exploding Battery Litigation

    "LG Chem deliberately placed its 18650 lithium-ion batteries into the stream of commerce with the expectation that they would be purchased and used in Georgia, such that LG Chem 'should reasonably expect to be haled into court in Georgia for an injury caused in this state by that product,'" Judge Anne Barnes said.

    4 minute read

  • City of Albany v. Dougherty County, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2022-01-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Lewis, Jessica Haygood, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee; Jon-Selby Hawk, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta PLLC), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1280

    Court affirms denial of City's motion for summary judgment per the law of the case doctrine because the City's issue was addressed in a prior appeal

  • LG Chem, Ltd. v. Lemmerman

    Publication Date: 2021-10-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Charles Reed, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dylan Hooper, (Morgan & Morgan), Atlanta, Harris Yegelwel, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PPLC), Savannah, Thomas Seider, Celene Humphries, (Brannock Humphries & Berman), Tampa, for appellee; Homer Phillips, (The Phillips Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1029

    Court affirms denial of out-of-state defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, finding that defendant had sufficient contacts with the State

  • Hill v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Family Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Hill, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0285

    Court affirms denial of litigant's motion to recuse an entire court from presiding over his ex-wife's contempt action in a child support payment matter

  • The State v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A19A2413

    Court affirms a grant of pretrial immunity as to an aggravated assault charge against one victim but reverses as to a second victim

  • The State v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Porter, Brandon Delfunt, (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Armond (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2413

    There Is No Evidence to Support Trial Court's Grant of Immunity as to Aggravated Assault Charge

  • February 28, 2020 | Law.com

    Howrey's 'Unfinished Business' Finished, Coronavirus Precautions, Leaving Kirkland for In-House: The Morning Minute

    Here's the news you need to start your day.

    1 minute read

  • Hunter et al. v. Progressive Mountain Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2020-02-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyce Bergman, (Attorney at Law, P.C.), Fairburn, appellant.
    for defendant: Alina Krivitsky, Trevor Hiestand, Luciana Aquino, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Frederick Valz, Brittany DeDiego, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2074

    Insurer Was Not Required to Offer Insureds an Increase in UM Coverage When They Also Requested Increase in Standard Auto Coverage

  • United Specialty Insurance Co. v. Cardona-Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2019-11-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Bryant, Kim Jackson, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce Millar, (The Millar Law Firm), Jonesboro, Murble Wright, (The Wright Law Group), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0859

    Insurer has no opportunity to seek declaratory judgment and trial court has no jurisdiction over insurer's action where there is no justiciable controversy