Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
– Cicero, ad Atticum IX, 66 b.c.
Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
– Cicero, ad Atticum IX, 66 b.c.
RECENT CASE RESULTS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
