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  • February 27, 2020 | Daily Report Online

    Appeals Court Slams Door on Suit by Shopper Who Slammed Into Lenox Mall Door

    The appeals court said the woman had already been through the same revolving door twice and thus could not claim she was unaware of its use on her third, ill-fated entry.

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  • Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Casey, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Brantley Rowlen, Victoria Waller, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other party. Brittany Wilson, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), San Francisco, Andrew Trask, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Los Angeles, Mark Behrens, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1503

    Former Employee, Who Was Not Acting Under Color of Employment When He Committed Criminal Acts, Proximately Caused Plaintiff's Injuries

  • Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Casey, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Brantley Rowlen, Victoria Waller, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Shannon, (Baker Donelson), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, American Car Rental Association, Atlanta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other party. Brittany Wilson, (Shook, Hardy, & Bacon L.L.P.), San Francisco, Andrew Trask, (Shook, Hardy, & Bacon L.L.P.), Los Angeles, Mark Behrens, (Shook, Hardy, & Bacon L.L.P.), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A0928

    Car thief's criminal act was the intervening proximate cause of a party's injuries, and car rental company was not directly or vicariously liable for negligence

  • Preservation Management, Inc. et al. v. Herrera, as Conservator of B. W., A Minor

    Publication Date: 2019-12-16
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Huray, Robert Marcovitch, Jack Butler, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Rogers, William D'Antignac, Gilbert Deitch, Kara Phillips, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Evans, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Alyson Evans, (Evans Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0777

    Court vacates and remands denials of motions for summary judgment and to compel discovery for determination of the merits of plaintiff's motion to compel

  • Little et al. v. Jim-Lar Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reginald Greene, (Greene Legal Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brantley Rowlen, Robert Marcovitch, Kristin Roquemore, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1169

    No Error in Trial Court's Determination That Plaintiff's Verified Interrogatory Responses Were Inadmissible Due to Her Incompetence

  • Gatto et al. v. City of Statesboro et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-25
    Practice Area: Government | Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Rogers, Gilbert Deitch, Kara Phillips, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, William D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, Charles Johnson, (Law Offices of James C. McLaughlin), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, George Spears, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Bennett, Richard Gignilliat, John Stivarius, (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Seth Friedman, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1408

    City's Purchase of Liability Insurance Did Not Waive Sovereign Immunity Defense Against Personal Injury Claims

  • Centurion Industries, Inc. v. Naville-Saeger et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-07
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Marcovitch, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Grant Smith, (Dennis, Corry & Porter and Smith, L.L.P.), Atlanta, Rishi Pattni, (The Fry Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Holbrook, W. Langdale, (Langdale & Vallotton LLP), Valdostsa, Stephen Lowry, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, Jeannete Lewis, (Lewis Legal Group, P.A.), Plantation, for appellee. Dennis Cathey, Rebecca Payne, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, Saleem Dennis, (Sam D. Dennis, P.C.), Valdosta, Jon Wolfe, (Chambliss, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A1176

    Employee Engaging in Personal Errand While Driving to Work Location During Period of Unpaid Personal Leave Was Not Acting Within Course and Scope of Employment

  • AIKG, LLC v. Marshall

    Publication Date: 2019-07-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Diversity
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nanninga, Barbara Marschalk Robert Quinn, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Robert Marcovitch, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Lloyd Hoffspiegel, Alexander Hoffspiegel, (Hoffspiegel & Associates), Atlanta, Mark Link, (Link & Smith, P.C.), Tucker, Ashley Ellerbe-Dawkins, (Attorney at Law), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0322

    Trial court conducted a proper Batson analysis regarding litigant's discriminatory reasons for using peremptory juror strikes.

  • June 14, 2019 | Daily Report Online

    Appeals Court: Judge Right to Reseat Black Jurors After Batson Challenge

    Although the defense argued the strikes were for other reasons, the court ruled that those reasons were pretextual and not race-neutral.

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  • Bryde et al. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2019-06-11
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Parham, Ryan Harbin, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Wright, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0600

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Appeal from Condemnation Proceedings as Untimely Where Property Owner Waited Just Over 30 Days to Give Notice of Appeal