SECOND CIRCUIT AFFIRMS DISMISSAL UNDER MONTREAL CONVENTION
On September 10, 2021 Partner David Rutherford obtained a Decision from the Second Circuit affirming the dismissal of a lawsuit commenced by a passenger on an international flight who alleged that he was assaulted by a flight attendant. Because it was an international flight governed by the Montreal Convention, it was subject to a shorter […]
GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN PREMISES CASE
Partners Carrie L. Christie and Courtney M. Norton obtained an affirmance from the Georgia Court of Appeals in Summer 2021 of a grant of summary judgment on behalf of McDonald’s. Plaintiff claimed crosswalk stripes were unreasonably slippery and created a hazard that Mcdonald’s knew or should have known existed. The Rutherford & Christie defense team […]
GEORGIA DEFENSE VERDICT IN INSURANCE COVERAGE DISPUTE INVOLVING ALLEGED CONSTRUCTION DEFECT
Partner Carrie Christie obtained a defense verdict in April, 2021 for Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company in the first post-COVID jury trial held in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. The plaintiff church alleged substantial roof and interior water damage resulting from a category 2 hurricane that swept through Brunswick […]
GEORGIA STATE COURT DISMISSES PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT AS SANCTION FOR INTENTIONAL ALTERATION OF EVIDENCE
Partners Carrie L. Christie and Courtney M. Norton, together with Associates Emily Y. Wang and Quinton R. Beasley successfully obtained dismissal with prejudice in Spring 2021 of plaintiff’s premises liability case for intentionally-altered photographs of a restroom stall in which she claimed to have slipped and fallen.
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 […]