• Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation v. Georgia Public Service Commission

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Eckrote, Griffin Ingraham, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lee Peifer, James Orr, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Thomas Reilly, Thomas Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Talis Trevino, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for other party; Richard Tisinger, (Tisinger, Vance P.C.), Carrollton, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A1381

    Court affirms Public Service Commission's decision allowing Georgia Power to service Electric Vehicle charging station and rejects challenge based on interpretation of the Electric Service Act

  • Falcone Global Solutions LLC v. Forbo Flooring B. V.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kaufman, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Reagin, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0416

    Court affirms dismissal of a lawsuit over a business dispute on grounds that the issue of absence of personal jurisdiction was res judicata from a previous action

  • Kennison v. Mayfield et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Dallas, (Beck, Owen & Murray), Griffin, Karl Broder, Griffin, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A2074

    Court affirms $33 million wrongful death damages award and apportionment of fault in a wrongful death case, but reverses and remands as to attorney fees

  • Cobb Hospital, Inc. et al. v. Emory Adventist, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Armando Basarrate, Elizabeth Kitchens, David Darden, Grace Kopache, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer, & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, David Conley, Robert Ingram, (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Maines, Matthew Friedlander, Grant Schnell, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Ryan Burke, Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, Grace Kopache, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer, & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1000

    Challenge to a hospital acquisition failed because the entity being acquired was not operating and, therefore, the Hospital Acquisition Act did not apply.

  • Junior v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2020-12-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, John Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Darrell Hinson, (Shiver Hamilton, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Cruser, Raymond Grant, (Cruser & Mitchell, L.L.P.), Norcross, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1188

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Personal Injury Plaintiff's Motion for Attorneys' Fees Which, if Awarded, Would Constitute an Impermissible Double Recovery

  • A18A0315. Hartry et al. v. Ron Johnson Jr. Enterprises, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Warshauer, Trent Shuping (Warshauer Law Group PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eileen Crowley, Amanda Smith (Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer LLP), Atlanta; Richard Foster, Elizabeth Bentley (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta; Michael Baumrind, Frank Lowrey (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta; Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher Jordan (Hunter Maclean), Brunswick, for amicus curiae.

    Case Number: A18A0314

    Railroad Employee's FELA Action Against Employer Following Collision Not Precluded by Federal Grade Crossing Regulations