• Deaton Holdings, Inc. v. Reid et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, David Rhodes, (Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Robert Finnell, (The Finnell Firm), Rome, for appellee; John Hadden, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0005

    A defendant in a car accident lawsuit is not entitled to add joint tortfeasors as indispensable parties where that defendant has a right of contribution against them

  • Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Graham, Erin Coia, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Teresa Tomlinson, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Atkins, Roderick Edmond, Keith Lindsay, (Edmond, Lindsay & Hoffler. LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Bryan Lutz, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux & Sizemore, LLC), Macon, for AM.

    Case Number: A22A0068

    Court reverses denial of motion to dismiss a complaint for negligence over a COVID-related death because plaintiff's conduct did not rise to a level of gross negligence

  • Infinite Energy, Inc., et al. v. Marietta Natural Gas, LLC, et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-25
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Energy and Natural Resources | Government
    Industry: Energy | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marguerite Patrick, (Infinite Energy, Inc.), Atlanta, Warren Rhea, Gainesville, David Baxter, Thomas McClendon, David Baxter, (Stone & Baxter, LLP), Macon, Larry Dowdy, (Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Belinfante, Daniel Monahan, Joshua Belinfante, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Joshua Gunnemann, Austin Hemmer, Robert Remar, (Rogers & Hardin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Newton Galloway, Terri Lyndall, Steven Jones, (Galloway & Lyndall, LLP), Griffin, Peter Floyd, George Scott Jarvis, Anthony Greene, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Perry, for appellee. Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, Perry, for Other Party. Ean Cullefer, (Georgia Chamber of Commerce), Atlanta, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, Perry, for AM.

    Case Number: A18A1525

    City's Charter Did Not Permit Creation of Natural Gas Provider As Wholly-Owned Subsidiary LLC of City Agency Rather Than As Non-Profit Corporation