At the DRI Annual Meeting in October 2017, Laura Eschleman received DRI’s Albert H. Parnell Outstanding Program Chair Award for her work as Chair of the Medical Liability & Health Care Law Seminar that took place in March of this year in Las Vegas.  This award honors an individual who [...]

Partner Mark Lefkow recently won an arbitration for a motorhome assembler in a case that the consumers presented very well. The firm’s client faced some significant obstacles – including many days with the motorhome documented as being in a repair facility and some Georgia Attorney General [...]

Partner Mark Lefkow won a motion to dismiss in federal court in a case pending against the firm’s correctional healthcare client.  Plaintiff’s counsel attempted to add the healthcare company to the suit after expiration of the statute of limitations, arguing that the addition of the client [...]

Partner Mark Lefkow and Associate Tina Cheng obtained a dismissal with prejudice for the firm’s motorhome client of a warranty rights case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.  The firm filed an early motion to dismiss on the basis of expiration of a [...]

Partner Laura Eschleman defended an Alabama physician in front of the physician’s Alabama professional licensing board and the physician was exonerated with no discipline against the physician or the physician’s license.

In the Fulton County Superior Court case of Cohan v. Lester, Partner Mark Lefkow obtained an order granting a motion to dismiss with prejudice for our lawyer client.  Plaintiff, who is an Atlanta lawyer, sued our client for abusive litigation, claiming that certain legal arguments advanced by [...]

In Johnson v. Corizon Health, Inc., the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a defense verdict won by partners Mark Lefkow and Meghan Davidson in federal court for a nurse and a third-party medical provider at the Gwinnett County Detention Center.  Plaintiff, a pre-trial detainee, had received a PPD test [...]

Last month, the Georgia Supreme Court held that a party can condition acceptance of a pre-suit offer made under O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1 upon the timely payment of the consideration demanded.  Grange Mut. Ins. Co. v. Woodard, No. S16Q1875 (Ga. March 6, 2017).  Under the foregoing statute, prior to [...]

This week, Bob Goldstucker settled a complex medical malpractice lawsuit on behalf of an obstetrician client regarding a complicated pregnancy.  Bob skillfully and professionally navigated the legal issues presented in a case with multiple defendants.  In particular, at deposition, Bob was able [...]

Mark Lefkow successfully represented a wife in a divorce pending in Cobb County. After financial discovery, depositions of the parties, and two days of contested hearings, the Superior Court of Cobb County denied enforcement of a prenuptial agreement that would have created a significant [...]