Attorney Spotlight
James T. Brieske
- 1700 Atlanta Plaza
950 East Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30326 - Phone: (404) 870-7387
- Fax: 404-870-7374
James T. Brieske graduated from the University of Georgia of Law, Cum Laude in 1990. Since that time, he has maintained a defense oriented trial practice in the State of Georgia in both state and federal courts. Mr. Brieske's areas of practice are insurance defense litigation, insurance coverage advice and litigati…
Practice Areas
Representative Cases
A Great Result for the Defense Where Plaintiff was Seeking Eight Figures
Recently, my law partner Matt Moffett and I obtained a very defense-favorable resolution to a shooting-injury case in which Plaintiff’s counsel sought an “eight figure” verdict. In this case, the Plaintiff was a young woman who was shot and injured wh…
Court of Appeals Agrees That a Manufacturer Does Not Have a Duty to Warn of Obvious and Avoidable Dangers
On March 17, 2011, the Georgia Court of Appeals in Kelly v. Hedwin Co.¸ affirmed the principle that a manufacturer has no duty to warn of a product-connected danger which is obvious and generally known. The Court upheld the granting of summary judgme…
Divided Court of Appeals Applies Assumption of Risk to Nine-Year-Old
On March 30, 2011, a divided Georgia Court of Appeals upheld the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to a playground equipment design company in a suit filed on behalf of a 9-year-old boy who sustained serious injuries when he fell off the “Infant Maze…
Case Highlights Debate Over Apportionment
Rule complicates the decision for the jury and helps the defendant, lawyers contend Written by Katheryn Hayes Tucker from the Daily Report. Lawyers on both sides of a recent trial about a car wreck in which multiple parties could have been held re…
Liberty Mutual v. Rogers Electric
Verdicts and Settlements Written and Publish by The Daily Report. Defense attorneys who beat back a suit seeking the $2.7 million it cost to rebuild a Gainesville ice factory that burned in 2007 say that, in addition to compelling expert testimony…
- A Great Result for the Defense Where Plaintiff was Seeking Eight Figures
- Court of Appeals Agrees That a Manufacturer Does Not Have a Duty to Warn of Obvious and Avoidable Dangers
- Divided Court of Appeals Applies Assumption of Risk to Nine-Year-Old
- Case Highlights Debate Over Apportionment
- Liberty Mutual v. Rogers Electric
Recent Legal Developments
A Rare Motion to Dismiss Granted in a Premises Liability/Negligent Security Lawsuit
Judge Charles Pannell of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia dismissed a lawsuit in which the plaintiff contended that the defendants, owners of an apartment complex, provided inadequate security which resulted in the plaintif…
Michael, I must say, this is why I like working with you and your firm. You have been aggressively thorough where it counts. The results of this expert investigation will significantly aid our defense. This is why, according to the jurors in our last trial, we prevailed with the defense verdict on the multi-million dollar fire loss you tried for one of our clients.Client, Insurance Trial