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

    Publication Date: 2018-05-15
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline | Legal Malpractice
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bret Moore, Douglas Chandler (Chandler & Moore Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Rogers, Johannes Kingma (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Gregory Digel, Matthew Friedlander (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1011

    The trial court erred in denying plaintiffs' motion for protective order in their legal malpractice action in which defendants requested production of a non-party attorney's litigation files and correspondences with plaintiff, as there was no evidence of an implied waiver of the attorney-client privilege with regard to the third-party attorney.

  • Almassud v. Mezquital

    Publication Date: 2018-05-04
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander (Holland & Knight), Atlanta; Trevor Hiestand (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet (Brodhead Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. J. Pierce (Pierce & Dunkelberger), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A17A2119

    Trial Court Should Have Instructed Jury on Defendant's Theory That Alleged Negligence Per Se was Unknowing and Unintentional

  • Cancel et al. v. The Medical Center Of Central Georgia, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals | Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George McGriff, Eric Wyatt (George W. McGriff & Associates), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ranse Partin (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta; W. Persons (King & Spalding), Atlanta; Alfred Adams, Cynthia Burnside (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1708

    The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling that hospital defendants were immune from plaintiffs' breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claims and the denial of plaintiffs' motion to supplement the record on appeal.

  • Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2018-04-27
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence | Labor Law
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander (Holland & Knight), Atlanta; Walker Stewart (Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Moss, John Steel (Steel and Moss LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2081

    Evidence of Workers' Compensation Claimant's Self-employment Activity was Relevant to Issues of Lost Wages, Earning Capacity, and Pain and Suffering