• Braselton ASC, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-05-29
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Armando Basarrate, Elizabeth Kitchens, David Darden, Grace Kopache, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Cole, (Welchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker, LLP), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Marial Ellis, (Dept. of Community Health), Atlanta, Robert Rozier, Dorothy Cornwell, Brittany Sykes, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Roger Hatcher, Matthew Smith, (Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A.), Gainesville, Robert Highsmith, Talis Trevino, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, Caylee Noggle, (Commissioner-C/O Office of Health Planning Department of Community Health), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0522

    Court affirms award of a certificate of need to one entity where a competing entity had challenged the financial feasibility of the first entity's proposed surgical center.

  • General Motors LLC v. Buchanan et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-02
    Practice Area: Diversity | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Jonathan Spital, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, Charles Marsh, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, Brian Kappel, Michael Bell, Rachel Lary, Christopyer Yearout, (Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC), Birmingham, Myrece Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Richard North, Richard North, (Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Dawson, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Lance Cooper, (The Cooper Firm), Marietta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Glover, (Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis Miles), Montgomery, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: A21A0043

    Court affirms denial of a protective order that sought to preclude a deposition of GM's CEO and declines to adopt the apex doctrine in Georgia

  • Keen v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company

    Publication Date: 2020-04-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Holland, Jessie Harrell, (Harrell and Harrell), Jacksonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda Morris, Mark Toth, (Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2154

    Personal Injury Plaintiff Submitted Enough Evidence to Survive Summary Judgment on Duty and Breach Elements of Negligence Claim Under FELA