• Pure Life Renal of Perimeter, LLC v. Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2025-03-04
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Stancil, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker LLP), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Washburn, Margaret Mathis, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Jennifer Cotton, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, Chad Hansen, Chase Stevens, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Winston-Salem, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1235

    Court Reverses Dismissal of Heal Care Provider's Negligent Misrepresentation Claim Against Insurer, Finding Sufficient Allegations Regarding Misrepresented Insurance Payments

  • February 3, 2025 | Daily Report Online

    28 Firms Supporting Retired Barnes & Thornburg Litigator in Georgia Supreme Court Malpractice Case

    The amicus filers, who include King & Spalding, Alston & Bird and a number of their Big Law peers, say James Leonard is protected by the doctrine of "judgmental immunity."

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  • Ford Motor Company v. Hill et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Boorman, Philip Henderson, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Curtis Garrett, John Jett, Adam Charnes, Kevin Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, Paul Malek, D. Thomas, (Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP), Birmingham, Michael Eady, (Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons), Austin, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Butler, Daniel Philyaw, Allison Bailey, (Butler Prather LLP), Columbus, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, Michael Gray, (Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Moore, LLP), Perry, Michael Terry, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Ramsey Prather, (Butler Prather LLP), Columbus, Michael Williford, (Williford Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Kenton Coppage, (Fox Rothschild LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Judson Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin P.C.), Brunswick, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Becker, Philip Goldberg, Cary Silverman, (Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP), Washington, Adeline Lambert, Leah Bower, Kyle Hawkins, (Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP), Atlanta, Gary Toman, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A24A0657

    Court Vacates a $1.7 Billion Verdict in Ford Product Liability Case and Orders New Trial

  • King v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Surinder Chadha Jimenez, (The Chadha Jimenez Law Firm, LLC), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, John Fowler, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Hallie Dixon, (Office of the District Attorney, Coweta Judicial Circuit- Troup Office), LaGrange, for appellee; Thomas Clyde, Kurtis Anderson, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A24A1125

    Trial Court Erred in Closing Courtroom to Public and Media During Jury Selection Voir Dire Without Issuing Written Order

  • November 5, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    State Appeals Court 'Reluctantly' Remands $1.7B Punitive Damages, Sanctions Against Ford for Fatal Rollover

    The sanctions came in response to Ford's alleged attempts to reach a "compromise verdict," and force a mistrial for products liability claims. However, those sanctions "almost completely prevented Ford from presenting a defense as to liability," according to Appellate Judge M. Yvette Miller.

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  • Gee et al. v. Tyler & Company, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hawkins, (James W Hawkins LLC), Cumming, Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Bogan, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0551

    Court affirms jury verdict against former executive for breach of non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements

  • June 19, 2024 | Law.com

    Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Boeing CEO Gets Grilled Over Safety Lapses, Talc Plaintiffs File Medical Monitoring Class Action

    This week: Many of the victims of Boeing's Max 8 crashes, represented by Clifford Law Offices, attending Tuesday's hearing in Congress. The same plaintiffs' firms that sued last month to stop Johnson & Johnson's planned third bankruptcy filed a new class action Monday seeking medical monitoring on behalf of talc victims. Find out who stepped in for Poppi Prebiotic Sodas in a class action alleging misrepresentations about gut health.

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  • Cardea Corporate Holdings, Inc. v. Larocco

    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Clyde, Brittany Herbert, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Burkhalter, April Freeman, Paul Grote, (Burkhalter Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1726

    Court vacates order for records inspection, citing due process violation in not allowing a corporation to respond, and remands for further proceedings

  • Weaver v. Millsaps

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Communications and Media
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Showalter, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Clyde, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1234

    Court affirms dismissal of libel action under anti-SLAPP statute, emphasizing that the target of the libel action had engaged in protected speech that addressed issues of public interest

  • March 4, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    Ga. Appeals Court Vacates Order Compelling Company to Release Financial Records

    Cardea, a wealth management firm valued at $175 million by the SEC last year, argued that the trial court had deprived it of its due process rights when it ruled on the issue before the company responded to the plaintiff's demand.

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