JOHNSON v. AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC

S20G0695 S20G0696.

858 S.E.2d 23 (2021)

JOHNSON v. AVIS RENT A CAR SYSTEM, LLC et al. Smith v. Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied June 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Brian Terry , Christopher Todd Giovinazzo , Naveen Ramachandrappa , Amanda Kay Seals , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 3900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3417, Michael Lawson Neff , Susan Mary Cremer , Timothy Shane Peagler , The Law Offices of Michael Lawson Neff, P.C., 3455 Peachtree Rd NE, Ste 509, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Darryl Dwayne Adams , Law Offices of Michael L. Neff, 3455 Peachtree Rd NE, Suite 509, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, for Appellant in S20G0695, S20G0696.

John David Hadden , The Hadden Law Firm, LLC, 44 Broad Street, Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Nathan Alexander Gaffney , Fried Rogers Goldberg, 3550 Lenox Road, N.E., Suite 1500, Suite 2900, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Lyle Griffin Warshauer , Warshauer Law Group, P.C., 2740 Bert Adams Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, Brian DeVoe Rogers , Rogers & Fite, LLC, 4355 Cobb Pkwy, Ste J564, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, Darren Wade Penn , Penn Law LLC, 4200 Northside Parkway, NW, Building One, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30327, for Amicus Appellant in S20G0695, S20G0696.

Brantley Cole Rowlen , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, 600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 4700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Jason Phillip Wright , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, 1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, George Lee Welborn , Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams, 288 Washington Avenue, Marietta, Georgia 30060-1997, William T. Casey, Jr. , Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP, 1355 Peachtree Street NW, Ste 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Laurie Webb Daniel , Matthew D. Friedlander , Holland & Knight, LLP, Suite 2000, One Atlantic Center, 1180 West Peachtree Street, Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3400, for Appellee in S20G0695, S20G0696.

Mark Behrens , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, Caroline Marie Gieser , Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, 1230 Peachtree Street, Suite 1200, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Philip Wade Savrin , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, 100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5948, Alexia B. Ruffner Roney , Nall & Miller, LLP, 235 Peachtree St. NE, N. Tower, Suite 1500, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1418, Jeffrey S. Ward , Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, 777 Gloucester Street, Suite 305, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, Elissa Blache Haynes , Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, 303 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3500, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Philip Michael Thompson , Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, 2 East Bryan Street, 10th Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins , Balch & Bingham, LLP, 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W., Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, William V. Custer, IV , Jennifer Burch Dempsey , Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, One Atlantic Center, Fourteenth Floor, 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3471, for Amicus Appellee in S20G0695.

Mark Behrens , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., 1800 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006, Caroline Marie Gieser , Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, 1230 Peachtree Street, Suite 1200, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Philip Wade Savrin , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, 100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5948, Alexia B. Ruffner Roney , Nall & Miller, LLP, 235 Peachtree St. NE, N. Tower, Suite 1500, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1418, Jeffrey S. Ward , Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, 777 Gloucester Street, Suite 305, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, Elissa Blache Haynes , Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, 303 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3500, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Philip Michael Thompson , Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, 2 East Bryan Street, 10th Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins , Balch & Bingham, LLP, 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W., Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Amicus Appellee in S20G0696.


These cases arise from a car accident that occurred after Byron Perry stole a sport utility vehicle (SUV) from a rental lot where he worked and later crashed into Brianna Johnson and Adrienne Smith while Perry was trying to evade police. Johnson and Smith ("plaintiffs") each filed a lawsuit alleging claims of negligence and...

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