• General Motors, LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Consumer Protection | Products Liability | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Cari Katrice Dawson, Jamie S. George, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Charles B. Marsh, Myrece R. Johnson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Brian Patrick Kappel, Michael Lester Bell, Rachel McCulley Lary, Christopher Cameron Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Alan Dawson, Lance Alan Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Richard B. North, Jr., Christopher Shaun Polston, Steven H. Campbell, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Nicole A. Saharsky, Minh Nguyen-Dang, (Mayer Brown LLP), Washington, Charles Haake, David Edward Bright, (Alliance Of Automobile Manufacturers), Washington, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg, Mary Kathryn Mangan, John Cowles Neiman, Jr., (Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C.), Birmingham, Leah Ward Sears, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William V. Custer, IV, Christian James Bromley, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Rocco Eugene Testani, Lee Alexander Peifer, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Philip S. Goldberg, Anna Sumner Pieschel, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Thomas Bayman, Chilton D. Varner, Billie Barker Pritchard, Paul Alessio Mezzina, (King & Spalding LLP), Washington, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Nkosi John Bey, (American Association for Justice), Washington, Christopher Dean Glover, (Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.), Atlanta, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines, (Forlines Law, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Roberts Chance, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S21G1147

    Corporate Defendant Had Burden of Persuasion to Show High-Ranking Executive Was Entitled to Protection From Deposition

  • Gardner v. Gotham Per Diem Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Barbara Jaffe
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 100710/2016

    Issue of Fact Exists as to Actual Malice in Libel Cause of Action

  • Elite Serv. Group LLC v. Asphalt Green

    Publication Date: 2022-04-20
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice John Kelley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 651955/2017

    Issues of Fact Exist on Whether Cleaning Company Performed Under Contracts

  • McEntyre v. Sam's East, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph West Dent, (Joseph W. Dent, P.C.), Albany, Alfreda Lynette Sheppard, (Watson Spence LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ernest Linwood Beaton, Howard M. Lessinger, (McLain & Merritt), Atlanta, John Holder Smith, Jr., (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, for appellee; Keith Robert Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S21Q0909

    Tort Claim Arising From Store Employee's Failure to Properly Secure Load on Customer's Truck Subject to Ordinary Negligence Analysis

  • Junior v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben C. Brodhead, III, Ashley Brooke Fournet, John Wesley Ingram Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Brian Terry, Michael Brandon Jones, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Joseph Robb Cruser, Raymond Russell Grant, II, (Cruser & Mitchell, LLP), Norcross, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S21G0578

    Post-Trial Attorney Fee Award For Litigation Expenses Did Not Preclude Separate Award For Failure to Accept Settlement Offer

  • Graphnet, Inc. v. Retarus, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Fernandez-Vina
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Schramm, III (FisherBroyles, attorneys; Joseph Schramm, III, on the briefs)
    for defendant: Karl Geercken (Alston & Bird, attorneys; Karl Geercken and Steven L. Penaro, on the briefs)

    Case Number: A-71-20 (085529)

    Plaintiff's Lack of Consent to Remittitur Required New Trial on All Damages Where Jury Given Confusing Instructions Regarding Nominal Damages

  • Titumir v. Barker Ave. Estates LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Fidel Gomez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 33391/19E

    Lease Bars Liability Against Landlord for Tenant's Water Leak Condition

  • 126-128 W. LLC v. Harleysville Worcester Ins. Co.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-07
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Food and Beverage | Insurance | Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Laurence Love
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 655555/2020

    Premises Owner/Landlord Not Covered as Additional Insured

  • Alston & Bird, LLP v. Hatcher Management Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-09-07
    Practice Area: Damages | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Robbins, Jason Alloy, Jeremy U. Littlefield, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harmon W. Caldwell, Jr., Harry W. MacDougald, Jeremy Mark Moeser, Christine O'Connell Dial Buckler, Lauren Jill Miller, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee; Mark David Johnson, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Rocco Eugene Testani, (Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Michael James Eshman, (Eshman Begnaud, LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope LLP), Canton, for Amicus Appellee; Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for Other Party.

    Case Number: S20G1419

    Trial Court Provided Reasoned Explanation

  • Townsend v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Joseph Smith, Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, William C. Enfinger, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr., (Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A0997

    Trial Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Seek Jury Instruction on Lesser Included Homicide Offense