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  • Nanoventions, LLC v. Daniels

    Publication Date: 2023-08-22
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Mones, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Daniels, (Montgomery State Prison), Mt. Vernon, Bonnie Hutchinson, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0295

    Court reverses order denying damages against a defendant in a RICO case against whom a default judgment was entered, and reverses and remands on an attorney fee issue

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Schoolcraft, (Circuit Public Defender’s Office), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Fayette County District Attorney’s Office), Fayetteville, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0704

    Business Entity Named as Payor on Stolen Check Was "Person" Within Meaning of Identity Fraud Statute

  • Hall County v. Cook Communities

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana Maine, Marrissa Dunn, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jane Range, (Hulsey, Oliver & Mahar), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0055

    Court affirms an order denying County's motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a rezoning decision, finding that the challenge was legislative and not quasi-judicial.

  • Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, Nathan Lee, (Glover & Davis, P.A.), Newnan, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Edwin Page, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell Berreth, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Max Marks, (The Block Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0438

    Court affirms punitive damages and fee awards for a lessee of farm property after a successor lessor locked the lessee out of the property with malice and in bad faith

  • Payton et al. v. City of College Park et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-09
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carson Jeffries, (Carter Jeffries, LLC), Atlanta, Greg Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Bennett, (Bennett Law Office, LLC), Griffin, Sara Brochstein, Peachtree City, Arthur Park, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0739

    Ante Litem Notices to City of Damages Claim Failed to Specify Amount of Monetary Damages Sought

  • The Bondsman, Inc. et al. v. Keybo Taylor, Sheriff of Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bowers, Jeremy Akin, Lucas Boggs, (Johnson Marlowe LLP), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Marcovitch, (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew), Atlanta, Tuwanda Williams, (Gwinnett County Law Dept.), Lawrenceville, Preston Ehlers, Atlanta, for appellee; Kellye Moore, (Attorney at Law), Perry, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1370

    Court vacates summary judgment order and remands for determination of whether a bondsperson did not meet financial obligations required for renewal of a license.

  • Freeport Title & Guaranty, Inc., as Trustee of the 1080 Bethlehem Church Trust v. Braswell et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-31
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: N. Wages, (Attorney at Law), Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0442

    Court affirms a judgment order in favor of grantors on a grantee's action to quiet title to a parcel of property where security deed created a continuing security interest

  • Reid v. Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Law Firm Client Relationships | Products Liability
    Industry: Electronics
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Min Koo, (Infinity Trial Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Pete Werdesheim, (Werdesheim Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Thompson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Eric Bumgartner, (Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins, LLP), Brunswick, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1728

    Court affirms disqualification of plaintiff's attorney in a product liability case where she had previously worked for the defendant's liability insurer on similar matters

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2022-12-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janki Patel, (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Jeffrey Jonap, (Jonap & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1470

    Court reverses denial of Transit Authority's summary judgment motion in a negligence action filed by a passenger that fell when a train departed from a station

  • McCullum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet McCullum, (Metro Transitional Center), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodrigo Silva, William Kendall, (District Attorney’s Office, Houston Judicial Circuit), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1064

    Court vacates denial of a motion to correct a void sentence and remands for dismissal of motion because the sentencing court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the motion