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  • Jones et al. v. Scarlett & Associates, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Gorby, (Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC), Tucker, Mary Peters, (Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Troy Covington, Sean Ryan, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, Kenneth Newby, Jamaal Brown, (Newby Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; David Broussard, (Clyde & Co US LLP), Atlanta, Saint Security, LLC, (Saint Security, LLC c/o Bonsai Bix Filings, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1022

    Restaurant Guard's Employment Relationship Did Not Preclude Application of Mutual Combatant Doctrine

  • Othman v. Navicent Health Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Employment Compliance | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0868

    Private Hospital's Internal Policies Did Not Create Duty Upon Which Tort Action Could Independently Lie

  • Health Services of Central Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Wanna

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Brennan, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jared Miller, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Julia Magda, (Magda Law, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Cochran, Sarah Gordon, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Franklin Gaddy, (Martin Snow LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0909

    Court affirms mixed rulings in a contract and employment dispute between a physician and his employer, and remands attorney fees determination

  • L'Oreal USA, Inc. et al. v. Burroughs

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Eason, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, Dennis Ellis, Katherine Murray, Nicholas Begakis, (Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP), Los Angeles, David Clarke, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nkosi Bey, (Bey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Elizabeth Stone, Darren Summerville, Alison Currie, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Tina Bullock, (Bullock Ward Mason), Acworth, Danielle Mason, (Bullock Ward Mason), Atlanta, for appellee; Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Lori Leskin, (Arnold & Porter), Newyork, Leah Schultz, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Rhonda Trotter, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Ronald Masterson, Candis Jones, (Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Donna Welch, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Chicago, Sierra Elizabeth, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Los Angeles, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0313

    Court addresses statute of repose and preemption issues and affirms in part, reverses in part, and remands product liability and fraud claims in chemical hair relaxer product liability case

  • Humphrey et al. v. The Emory Clinic, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Alison Currie, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, John Mabrey, (The Mabrey Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Marcovitch, Anna Pieschel, Caroline Gieser, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, Carter Weathington, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, Spencer Bomar, Wayne McGrew, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0735

    Court affirms exclusion of expert opinions as to standard of care and causation against physician specialists because those opinions did not satisfy OCGA § 24-7-702.

  • Rush v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brock Johnson, (Johnson Law Firm LLC), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Blair Mahaffey, (Assistant District Attorney Lumpkin County District Attorney’s Office), Dahlonega, for appellee,
    Case Number: A23A0637

    Court affirms drug convictions over defendant's challenge to legality of a traffic stop and the prolonging of that stop, and contentions of an illegal search

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Malone, (Appellate Division, Georgia Pubic Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, Veronica Hansis, (Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0367

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates defendant's sentence and remands for resentencing

  • United Sciences, LLC et al. v. Kellett et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon Bloom, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, Nicholas Sears, (Knight Palmer, LLC) Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Rutherford, Steven Collins, Gavin Reinke, Bryan Lutz, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Blake Frye, (Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Gibson, Daniel Hendrix, (The Finley Law Firm PC), Atlanta, Keith Kodosky, Ronald Masterson, Andrew Eaton, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Samuel Kellett, Artoush Ohanian, Atlanta, for appellee; Wess Sharpe, Richmond Hill, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1060

    Tortious Interference Claims Against Defendants' Attorneys Properly Dismissed Under Stranger Doctrine

  • In the Interest of M. C. et al., Children (Mother)

    Publication Date: 2022-10-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karimah Boston, (Public Defender’s Office - Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Mark Brooks, Atlanta, for appellee; Ramona Condell, (Office of the Child Attorney, Fulton County), Atlanta, James Jones, (King & Spalding, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0655

    Dependency Order Was Not Supported by Factual Findings Supporting Court's Conclusions

  • Jefferson v. O'Neal

    Publication Date: 2022-06-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle Krejci, (The Law Office of Kyle Krejci, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jillian Todd, Joseph Todd, (Joseph M. Todd, P.C.), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0532

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Biological Father's Legitimation Petition Without First Terminating Legal Father's Parental Rights