• Star Residential, LLC et al. v. Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2020-05-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Ellis, Warner Fox, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Warren Smith, William Smith, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A19A2267

    Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act Applies to Personal Injury Negligence Per Se Claim Against Property Owner and Operator

  • Lyle et al. v. Fulcrum Loan Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-05
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Brazier, Steven Hall, (Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Quillian, Donald Boyle, John Richard, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Ronald Leventhal, (One Midtown Plaza Suite 750), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1702

    Trial Court Erred in Dismissing Judgment Creditors' Challenge to Prior Consent Judgment

  • CaseMetrix LLC v. Sherpa Web Studios, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-19
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Leonard, (Taylor, Busch, Slipakoff & Duma), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allan Levin, (Cozen and O'Connor), Atlanta, Christopher York, (York Gaskill, LLC), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2072

    Court Determines Settlement Offer Invalid as it Was Unclear and Ambiguous About Claims to Which it Applied; Attorneys' Fees Award Reversed

  • Giddens v. The Medical Center of Central Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-03-11
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Meeks, Amanda Speier, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Bailey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A2439

    Nurses Had a Duty to Assure That Patient Received Antibiotic Before Surgery; Court Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment to Medical Center on Professional Negligence Claim

  • Hernandez et al. v. Schumacher Group Healthcare Consulting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Bailey Sabulis, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Kevin Spainhour, (Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Donald Lee, (Drew Eckl Farnham, LLP), Albany, Gregory Sewell, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, Darrell Thaw, (Boyd & Jenerette PA), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1535

    Healthcare Consulting Firm Cannot Be Held Vicariously Liable for Doctor's Negligence

  • Handberry et al. v. Manning Forestry Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caleb Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Katherine McArthur, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Britton White, G. White, (Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1321

    Circumstantial evidence was insufficient to create an issue of fact as to knowledge of the existence of an open well in a survivor's negligence action against a contractor

  • Woodard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Tarleton, (The Appellate Division - GPDC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, John Fowler, Tracy Lawson, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1039

    Court Remands for Resentencing as Aggravated Battery Convictions Should Have Merged with Kidnapping with Bodily Injury Conviction

  • Clouthier v. The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Gower, Charles Gower, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, Miranda Brash, Shaun O'Hara, (Charles A. Gower PC), Columbus, William Noland, (Noland Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Michael Terry, Michael Baumrind, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Meeks, Amanda Speier, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A19A0848

    Court reverses dismissal of complaint for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and RICO Act violations relating to a hospital lien

  • Boyd et al. v. Neal

    Publication Date: 2019-07-02
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, Robin Leigh, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Berhold, Peter Lampros, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Allan Parks, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0227

    Court Affirms Order Granting Summary Judgment to Georgia Department of Community Health in Dispute with Teachers over Change in Healthcare Plan Benefits

  • Lalonde v. Taylor English Duma, LLP et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-20
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A18A2012

    Chain of causation in legal malpractice claim was broken when claimant settled underlying litigation