• Accelerated Claims, Inc. v. Howell & Johnson, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-01-26
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Bogan, Curtis Garrett, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Johnson, (Howell & Johnson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Samuel Rutherford, Michael Barry, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Carl Anderson, Thomas Mock, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Colin Moriarty, (Moriarty Law, PC), Athens, Kevin Elwell, (K.M. Elwell, P.C.), Athens, William Stone, (William S. Stone, P.C.), Blakely, Ryals Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, for Other party.

    Case Number: A20A1860

    Court vacates an award that enforced a prior judgment of fees to a non-party because the trial court lacked jurisdiction, and vacates a separate additional award

  • Crown Series, LLC et al. v. Holiday Hospitality Franchising, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-12-15
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Koenig, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, Abby Vineyard, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Marty Schwartz, (Schain, Banks, Kenny & Schwartz, Ltd.), Chicago, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Tyler, Kathryn Isted, Joe Reynolds, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1464

    Liquidated Damages Provision of License Agreement Was Enforceable and Demonstrated a Pre-Estimate of Probable Loss

  • Bellsouth Telecommunications, LLC et al. v. Cobb County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-28
    Practice Area: Telecommunications
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Garrett, John Jett, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, Mark McCarty, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, J. Walker, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Scott Angstreich, (Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C.), Washington, Frank Lowrey, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Barnes, John Bevis, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Jeffrey Harris, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, James Evangelista, David Worley, (Evangelista Worley LLC), Atlanta, W. Matthew Wilson, (Wilson Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee. Holly Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, David Spalten, (Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A17A0265

    Counties Have No Implied Right of Action to Pursue Damages Claims for Telecommunications Providers' Alleged Failure to Fully Collect 911 Charges

  • Hartman v. The PIP-Group, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-04-17
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Clyde, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: David Klein, (Rountree & Leitman, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1529

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Suit for Breach of Contract but Reverses Order Enjoining Unsuccessful Plaintiff from Speaking About Defendant in the Future