GEORGIA CVS PHARMACY, LLC v. CARMICHAEL

S22G0527 S22G0617 S22G0618.

890 S.E.2d 209 (2023)

GEORGIA CVS PHARMACY, LLC v. CARMICHAEL. Welch et al. v. Pappas Restaurants, Inc. Welch et al. v. Tactical Security Group, LLC.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 29, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie Webb Daniel , Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP, 75 14th St. NW, Suite 2450, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Brian David Trulock , Magmutual Insurance Company, 3535 Piedmont Rd NE, Building 14-1000, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Carrie A. Moss , Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC, 1360 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Matthew D. Friedlander , Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 2626, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Keith Robert Blackwell , William Joseph Repko, III , Alston & Bird LLP, One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street, Suite 4900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant in S22G0527.

Judson Herben Turner , Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C., 777 Gloucester Street, Suite 200, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, Valentin Leppert , Martha Banner Banks , King & Spalding, LLP, 1180 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Rebecca Woods , Esther Slater McDonald , Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, 1075 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2500, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Adeline K Lambert , Drew F. Waldbeser , Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP, 3280 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, Kyle D. Hawkins , Lehotsky Keller LLP, 919 Congress Avenue, Suite 1100, Austin, Texas 78701, Elissa Blache Haynes , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, 100 Galleria Parkway, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30339, Martin Adam Levinson , Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 4000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Amicus Appellant in S22G0527.

Naveen Ramachandrappa , Michael Brian Terry , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 3900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Peter Andrew Law , Brian Colty Kaplan , Ernest Michael Moran , Law & Moran, 563 Spring Street, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, James Alexander Rice, Jr. , Andrew J. Brandt , James A. Rice, Jr., P.C., 563 Spring Street, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308-1440, for Appellee in S22G0527.

Gilbert H. Deitch , William Michael D'Antignac , Deitch & Rogers, LLC, 1189 South Ponce De Leon Avenue, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Andrew Timothy Rogers , Kara Elizabeth Phillips , Deitch & Rogers, LLC, 1189 South Ponce De Leon Avenue, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, for Amicus Appellee in S22G0527.

Frank Mitchell Lowrey, IV , Jennifer Lauren Peterson , Michael Brian Terry , Naveen Ramachandrappa , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 3900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3417, Edward Malcum Wynn, III , James Nicholas Sadd , Slappey & Sadd, LLC, 352 Sandy Springs Circle, Atlanta, Georgia 30328-3836, Aleksandra H. Bronsted , Law Offices of Aleksandra Bronsted PC, 6065 Lake Forrest Drive, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30328-0000, for Appellant in S22G0617.

Bret S Moore , Bret Moore Law, 2296 Henderson Mill Road NE #116, Atlanta, Georgia 30345, Michael James Eshman , Eshman Begnaud LLC, 315 W. Ponce De Leon Avenue, Suite 775, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Amicus Appellant in S22G0617.

Nicole Christine Leet , Michael J. Rust , Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP, 950 East Paces Ferry Road, NE, Suite 1700 — Salesforce Tower Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, Laurie Webb Daniel , Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP, 75 14th St. NW, Suite 2450, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Nicholas R. Boyd , Holland & Knight, LLP, 1180 W. Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Matthew D. Friedlander , Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 2625, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellee in S22G0617.

Philip Michael Thompson , Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, 7 East Congress Street, 2nd Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Amiens Appellee in S22G0617.

Warner S. Fox , Christine Lupo Mast , Elliott Crawford Ream , Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 4000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3243, Harold David Melton , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, 600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Other Party in S22G0617.

Frank Mitchell Lowrey, IV , Jennifer Lauren Peterson , Michael Brian Terry , Naveen Ramachandrappa , Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 3900, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3417, Edward Malcum Wynn, III , James Nicholas Sadd , Slappey & Sadd, LLC, 352 Sandy Springs Circle, Atlanta, Georgia 30328, Aleksandra H. Bronsted , Law Offices of Aleksandra Bronsted PC, 6065 Lake Forrest Drive, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30328-0000, for Appellant in S22G0618.

Bret S Moore , Bret Moore Law, 2296 Henderson Mill Road NE #116, Atlanta, Georgia 30345, Michael James Eshman , Eshman Begnaud LLC, 315 W. Ponce De Leon Avenue, Suite 775, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Amicus Appellant in S22G0618.

Warner S. Fox , Christine Lupo Mast , Elliott Crawford Ream , Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP, 303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 4000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3243, Harold David Melton , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, 600 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3000, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for Appellee in S22G0618.

Philip Michael Thompson , Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, 7 East Congress Street, 2nd Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, Lawrence Lee Washburn, IV , Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP, 3348 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 1400, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, for Amiens Appellee in S22G0618.

Nicole Christine Leet , Michael J. Rust , Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP, 950 East Paces Ferry Road, NE, Suite 1700 — Salesforce Tower Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, for Other Party in S22G0618.


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