CHRYSLER GROUP LLC v. WALDEN

S17G0832.

812 S.E.2d 244 (2018)

CHRYSLER GROUP LLC n/k/a FCA US LLC v. WALDEN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 15, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Otho Brantley , Mary Diane Owens , Bradley S. Wolff , Swift, Currie, Mcghee & Hiers, LLP, 1355 Peachtree Street, N.E. Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3238, Bruce Wheat Kirbo , Kirbo & Kendrick, P. O. Box 425, Bainbridge, Georgia 39818, Thomas H. Dupree , Rajiv Mohan , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, for Appellant.

Karsten Bicknese , Robert Howard Betts , Seacrest, Karesh, Tate & Bicknese, LLP, 56 Perimeter Center East, Suite 450, Atlanta, Georgia 30346, James E. Butler , Leigh Martin May , David Thomas Rohwedder , Butler, Wooten Cheely & Peak LLP, 2719 Buford Highway, Atlanta, Georgia 30324, James Edward Butler , Butler Tobin LLC, 1932 N. Druid Hills Rd, N.E. Suite 250, Atlanta, Georgia 30319, Cathy Cox , Mercer Law School, 1021 Georgia Avenue, Macon, Georgia 31207, George C. Floyd , Floyd & Kendrick, LLC, P. O. Box 1026, Bainbridge, Georgia 39818, Michael Brian Terry , Frank Mitchell Lowrey , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 3900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3417, for Appellee.

Ashby K. Fox , Forrest S. Latta , Louis G. Fiorilla , Burr & Forman LLP, 171 17th Street, N.W. Suite 1100, Atlanta, Georgia 30363, D. Victor Reynolds , John Stuart Melvin , Michael Scott Carlson , John Richard Edwards , Amelia Greeson Pray , Cobb County District Attorney's Office, 70 Haynes Street, Marietta, Georgia 30090, for Neutral Amicus.

Michael Roger Boorman , Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC, 999 Peachtree Street NE Suite 950, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Brian David Boone , Alston & Bird LLP, Bank of America Plaza 101 South, Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28280, Kyle G.A. Wallace , Caroline M. Rawls , William Herman Jordan , Alston & Bird, LLP, 1201 W. Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Christopher Randall Jordan , Hunter MaClean Exley & Dunn, 777 Gloucester St Suite 400, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, Martin Adam Levinson , Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 4000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Garret Warrington Meader , Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP, 777 Gloucester Street Suite 305, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, James Randolph Evans , Anthony Wyatt Morris , Dentons US LLP, 303 Peachtree Street NE Suite 5300, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Amicus Appellant.

Matthew Britt Stoddard , The Stoddard Firm, 5447 Roswell Road Suite 204, Atlanta, Georgia 30342, for Amicus Appellee.

Therese S. Barnes , Georgia Supreme Court, 244 Washington Street Room 572, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Other Party.


We suspect that bench and bar have become accustomed to hearing the familiar recitation from this Court that Georgia's "new" Evidence Code has changed the rules. Although the new Evidence Code became law in January of 2013, meaning that it is not so very new in its application, cases can take some time to make their way to this Court...

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