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  • City of Albany v. Dougherty County, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2022-01-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Lewis, Jessica Haygood, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee; Jon-Selby Hawk, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta PLLC), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1280

    Court affirms denial of City's motion for summary judgment per the law of the case doctrine because the City's issue was addressed in a prior appeal

  • LG Chem, Ltd. v. Lemmerman

    Publication Date: 2021-10-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Charles Reed, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dylan Hooper, (Morgan & Morgan), Atlanta, Harris Yegelwel, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PPLC), Savannah, Thomas Seider, Celene Humphries, (Brannock Humphries & Berman), Tampa, for appellee; Homer Phillips, (The Phillips Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1029

    Court affirms denial of out-of-state defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, finding that defendant had sufficient contacts with the State

  • Hill v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Family Law | Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Hill, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0285

    Court affirms denial of litigant's motion to recuse an entire court from presiding over his ex-wife's contempt action in a child support payment matter

  • The State v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2020-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A19A2413

    Court affirms a grant of pretrial immunity as to an aggravated assault charge against one victim but reverses as to a second victim

  • The State v. Jenkins

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Porter, Brandon Delfunt, (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Armond (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2413

    There Is No Evidence to Support Trial Court's Grant of Immunity as to Aggravated Assault Charge

  • Hunter et al. v. Progressive Mountain Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2020-02-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyce Bergman, (Attorney at Law, P.C.), Fairburn, appellant.
    for defendant: Alina Krivitsky, Trevor Hiestand, Luciana Aquino, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Frederick Valz, Brittany DeDiego, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2074

    Insurer Was Not Required to Offer Insureds an Increase in UM Coverage When They Also Requested Increase in Standard Auto Coverage

  • United Specialty Insurance Co. v. Cardona-Rodriguez

    Publication Date: 2019-11-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Bryant, Kim Jackson, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce Millar, (The Millar Law Firm), Jonesboro, Murble Wright, (The Wright Law Group), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0859

    Insurer has no opportunity to seek declaratory judgment and trial court has no jurisdiction over insurer's action where there is no justiciable controversy

  • Endochoice Holdings, Inc. et al. v. Kenneth T. Raczewski et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-16
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Lee, Michael Smith, (King & Spalding), Atlanta, Srimath Subasinghe, (King & Spalding LLP), Austin, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Bain, (Law Offices of David A. Bain, LLC), Atlanta, William Fredericks, William Fredericks, (Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP), New York, Shannon Hopkins, Sebastiano Tornatore, Andrew Rocco, (Levi & Korsinsky, LLP), Stamford, Robert Killorin, (Law Offices of Robert W. Killorin), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Carey, John Bielema, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other Party.
    Case Number: A19A0151

    Court affirms class certification in a securities fraud class action case

  • Villa Sonoma at Perimeter Summit Condominium Association, Inc. v. Commercial Industrial Building Owners Alliance, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Robl, (Robl Law Group LLC), Tucker, William Merlin, Ashley Harris, Michael Poli, (Merlin Law Group PA), Tampa, Phoenix, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Jenniges, Ronald Negin, Anne-Marie Shipe, (Busby & Negin), Atlanta, Michael Kennick, (Kennick & Associates), Fullerton, Richard Zelonka, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman), Atlanta, Gregory Mast, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Hobart Hind, (Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig, LLP), Tampa, Thomas Wingfield, C. Johnson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Stephanie Glickauf, (Goodman McGuffey, LLP), Atlanta, James Kitces, (Robins Kaplan LLP), Boston, Jeffrey Lewis, Megan Mitchell, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Gregory Mast, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Wayne Taylor, Michelle Sherman, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins), Atlanta, Robert Fisher, Brandon Gossett, (Clyde & Co. US LLP), Atlanta, Stephen Cotter, Frederick Ferrand, Amy Rubenstein, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Heirs), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1760

    Court reinstates fraud and misrepresentation claims against an insurance entity

  • JCG Farms of Alabama, LLC v. Morgan

    Publication Date: 2019-03-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Marcovitch, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Vincent Toreno, Nathaniel Hofman, (Ken David & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Chance, Lance Lourie, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC.), Atlanta, Angela Fox, Anna Cross, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, William Lundy, Charles Morris, (Parker & Lundy), Cedartown, for appellee. Robert Luskin, (Goodman, Mcguffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Brennan, W. Pettus, (Fain, Major, & Brennan, PC.), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A18A1879

    Court Affirms Grant of Partial Summary Judgment of Employee of Subsidiary Who Was Injured at Different Subsidiary and Sought Finding That He Was Not Employee of Subsidiary at Which He Was Injured by Nature of Shared Parent Such That He Could Seek Relief Outside Workers' Compensation Act