GEORGIA SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO REVERSE SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF CHICK-FIL-A FRANCHISEE
In Spring 2021, the Georgia Supreme Court denied plaintiffs’ petition for certiorari in a premises liability case involving a child who sustained burns to the soles of his feet while playing in a restaurant’s outdoor play area. Partners Carrie L. Christie and Courtney M. Norton successfully excluded the testimony of plaintiffs’ chemical expert, who attempted […]
GEORGIA FEDERAL APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN PREMISE CASE
Partners Carrie L. Christie and Courtney M. Norton obtained an order in Spring 2021 from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirming the district court’s grant of summary judgment for a McDonald’s franchisee. The customer claimed that a monitor suspended from the ceiling fell and injured him The Rutherford & Christie defense team successfully showed […]
GEORGIA STATE COURT GRANTS SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN PREMISES CASE
Partners Carrie L. Christie and Courtney M. Norton, and Associate John R. Hooven won summary judgment in Fall 2021 in a slip and fall, which occurred directly in front of a drink station in a Hooter’s restaurant. The defense argued that surveillance footage showed a Manager inspected the area two minutes before the fall and […]
APPEALS COURT AFFIRMS DISMISSAL OF SEX ABUSE CLAIM AGAINST GREEK ARCHDIOCESE
In January of 2021 Partner David Rutherford obtained a Decision from New York’s Appellate Division, First Department, affirming summary judgment which had been granted earlier in the year. The plaintiffs had alleged that the Archdiocese was negligent and vicariously liable for a rape committed by the teenage son of a priest following service at a […]
DEFENSE VERDICT IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CASE
Partner David Rutherford and New York Associate Samantha Velez obtained a defense verdict on May 29, 2019 against Ohel Children’s and Family Services, a social services organization in state court in Brooklyn, New York. The plaintiffs had alleged that their twelve-year-old daughter suffered catastrophic brain injuries when she fell down a flight of stairs because […]
