GENERAL MOTORS, LLC v. BUCHANAN

S21G1147.

874 S.E.2d 52 (2022)

GENERAL MOTORS, LLC v. BUCHANAN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 1, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Robert Blackwell , Cari Katrice Dawson , Jamie S. George , Alston & Bird LLP, One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Laurie Webb Daniel , Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP, 119 The Prado NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3400, Charles B. Marsh , Myrece R. Johnson , Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP, 1355 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3238, Brian Patrick Kappel , Michael Lester Bell , Rachel McCulley Lary , General Counsel, Christopher Cameron Yearout , Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, 400 20th Street North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, Jonathan Bradley Spital , Holland & Knight LLP, 1180 West Peachtree Street NW, Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Richard B. North, Jr. , Christopher Shaun Polston , Steven H. Campbell , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, 201 17th Street NW, Suite 1700, Atlanta, Georgia 30363, Nicole A. Saharsky , Minh Nguyen-Dang , Mayer Brown LLP, 1999 K. Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, Charles Haake , Alliance for Automotive Innovation, 1050 K Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20001, David Edward Bright , Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, 1050 K Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20001, Alexander Bunnen Feinberg , Mary Kathryn Mangan , John Cowles Neiman, Jr. , Maynard Cooper & Gale P.C., 1901 Sixth Avenue N, Suite 1800, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, Leah Ward Sears , Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr. , Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, 1105 W. Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1000, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3608, William V. Custer, IV , Christian James Bromley , Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street NW, 14th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3471, Rocco Eugene Testani , Lee Alexander Peifer , Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, 999 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Philip S. Goldberg , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, 1800 K Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, Washington, DC 20817, Anna Sumner Pieschel , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, 1230 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1200, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3591, Andrew Thomas Bayman , Chilton D. Varner , Billie Barker Pritchard , KING & SPALDING LLP, 1180 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Paul Alessio Mezzina , King & Spalding LLP, 1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20006-4707, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Drew F. Waldbeser , Stephen John Petrany , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Amicus Appellant.

Patrick Alan Dawson , Lance Alan Cooper , The Cooper Firm, 531 Roselane Street, Suite 200, Marietta, Georgia 30060, James Darren Summerville , The Summerville Firm, LLC, 1226 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, Anna Green Cross , The Cross Firm, LLC, 520 W. Ponce de Leon Avenue #1858, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.

Darren Wade Penn , Kevin M. Ketner , Penn Law LLC, 4200 Northside Parkway, NW, Building One, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30327, Jonathan Andrew Pope , Hasty Pope Davies, LLP, 509 Green Street, Gainesville, Georgia 30114, Nkosi John Bey , American Association for Justice, 777 6th Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001, Christopher Dean Glover , Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., 2839 Paces Ferry Road, SE, Overlook II, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30327, Lindsay Alexandra Forlines , Forlines Law, LLC, 1226 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, Stephen Roberts Chance , Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC, 5607 Glenridge Drive, Suite 500, Atlanta, Georgia 30342, for Amicus Appellee.


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