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  • Cobb County School District et al. v. Learning Center Foundation of Central Cobb, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-12-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Hatcher, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Fortson, Peter Farley, Jarrod Mendel, (McGuire Woods LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1098

    No sovereign immunity for school district on breach of contract claim.

  • National Union Fire Insurance Company Of Pittsburgh, PA et al. v. Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-20
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Remar, Michael Eber, (Rogers & Hardin LLP), Atlanta, Patrick Walsh, Patrick Walsh, (Hinkhouse Williams Walsh LLP), Chicago, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Boyle, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Foy Devine, Charles McKnight, Gregory Schultz, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Hon. J. Smith, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1173

    Ambiguity in insurance policy language is construed against the insurer

  • The State v. Fowle

    Publication Date: 2018-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Morrison, Teri Walker, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Paul Howard, (District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Shubow, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, Conntessua Walker, Atlanta, April Northcross, (Fulton County Public Defender's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0077

    Court Reverses Dismissal of Indictment for Bringing Marijuana into a Correctional Facility Upon Finding That Confining Individual Did Not Force Individual to Bring Marijuana into Facility

  • Eagle Jets, LLC. v. Atlanta Jet, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-29
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Andersen, Catherine Banich, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Gary Barnes, Ellen Taylor, (Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandee Kowalzyk, Jeffrey Mapen, Richard North, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, John Dabney, (Attorney At Law), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1194

    Court Affirms Propriety of Awarding Attorney's Fees in Dispute Over Sale of Helicopter but Vacates Amount Awarded and Remands for Reconsideration of Amount

  • Southwestern Emergency Physicians, P.C., et al. v. Quinney et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-17
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Braintwain, Michael Frankson, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Virgil Adams, Caroline Herrington, (Adams, Jordan & Herrington, PC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0871

    Court Affirms Verdict in Favor of Patient Who Suffered Irreversible Paraplegia After Receiving Improper Treatment in Emergency Room

  • Khalid v. Sessions

    Publication Date: 2018-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Christopher Droney
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner: Wayne Sachs, Sachs Law Group, LLC, Philadelphia, PA
    for defendant: For Amici Curiae Center for Family Representation, Her Justice, Sanctuary for Families, The Door's Legal Services Center, Columbia Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic, New York University School of Law, Immigrant Rights Clinic, Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Brooklyn Defender Services, Monroe County Public Defender's Office, Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem, New York County Defender Services, The Bronx Defenders, Legal Aid Society, Center for Constitutional Rights, Inc., Immigrant Defense Project, and Professors Chris Gottlieb, Kim Taylor‐Thompson, Martin Guggenheim, Michael Wishnie, Randy Hertz, and Tony Thompson, in support of Petitioner: Andrew Wachtenheim, Immigrant Defense Project, New York, NY; For Respondent: Chad A. Readler, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Ethan B. Kanter, Deputy Chief, National Security Unit, Office of Immigration Litigation, on the brief, Paul F. Stone, Senior Counsel for National Security, Office of Immigration Litigation, U.S., Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
    Case Number: 16-3480-ag

    Minor LPR's Pretrial Juvenile Detention Did Not Strip Father of 'Physical Custody'

  • U.S. v. Le

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Reena Raggi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Geoffrey S. Berman, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, New York, for Appellee: Ilan Graff, Won S. Shin, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Andrew D. Beaty, Assistant United States Attorney
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Tina Schneider, Law Office of Tina Schneider, Portland, Maine.
    Case Number: 16-819-cr

    Federalism Challenge Fails in Bid to Vacate BWA Conviction for Attempt to Acquire Ricin

  • Bramblett et al. v. Habersham County

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Government | Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry Simmons (Simmons Law Group), Cornelia; Kerry Morris (Attorney at law), Cleveland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph Taylor, Jordan Posey (Hunt & Taylor Law Group LLC), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0671

    Dog Owners Not Entitled to Notice and Hearing Prior to Seizure of Animals Under Animal Cruelty Statute

  • Garner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon (District Attorney), Covington; Tabitha Rogers (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0157

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for first-degree cruelty to children, rape, statutory rape, aggravated sodomy and several other sex offenses arising out of acts defendant committed against his stepchildren while their mother was in prison.

  • Gates et al. v. Taylor County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-13
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta; G. Land (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Smith (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0118

    The trial court properly held that the officer de facto doctrine defeated plaintiffs' challenge to a school board's actions.