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  • Pulte Home Company, LLC v. Juanita M. Aycock Living Trust

    Publication Date: 2021-08-05
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Public Records
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Balli, (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hylton Dupree, (Dupree & Kimbrough, LLP), Marietta, for appellee; Debra Blair, Lauren Bruce, (Cobb County Attorney's Office), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0640

    County That Has Easement Over Entire Road Can Issue Permits to Perform Work on Unpaved Portion of Road

  • Jones v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2021-07-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hurt, (Hurt Stolz, P.C.), Watkinsville, John Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Calvert, Eric Taylor, Laura Wagner, Ra Amen, (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0370

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Determination That It Lacked Jurisdiction Due to Plaintiff's Failure to File Complaint Within 30 Days of Appeal Board's Decision

  • Evans et al. v. The Medical Center of Central Georgia

    Publication Date: 2021-07-12
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Tracey Dellacona, (Dellacona Law Firm), Macon, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux & Sizemore, LLC), Macon, Roger Krause, (Krause, Golomb & Witcher, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Meeks, Amanda Speier, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0256

    Court reverses summary judgment grant for a hospital and a nurse in a medical malpractice action due to open fact issue as to a breach of the applicable standard of care

  • Freeport Title & Guaranty Inc., as Trustee of The 4977 Memorial Trust v. Tegeue et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-21
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Kelly, Austin James, Elizabeth Padgett, (Fidelity National Law Group), Atlanta, Tania Tuttle, Sarah Monico, (McLain & Merritt PC), Alpharetta, Brett Ledermeier, (McLain & Merritt PC), Atlanta, Craig Pendergrast, (Taylor English), Atlanta, for appellee. Paris Wynn, (U.S. Department of Justice), Atlanta, for other party
    Case Number: A21A0232

    Court affirms dismissal of petition to quiet title, concluding that no reversion of title occurred even though a recorded security deed did not specify a debt maturity date

  • Alvarez-Maldonado v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Daniel Porter, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Brandon Delfunt, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0463

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Jury Finding That Defendant Was in Constructive Possession of Methamphetamine

  • Yakob et al. v. Kidist Mariam Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Inc

    Publication Date: 2021-04-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hinton, (Baker, Donelson, Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC), Atlanta, Forrest Norman, (Dickie, McCamey, Chilcote, PC), Cleveland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kyle Baker, John Richard, Sean Smith, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. George Koenig, (Koenig Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1696

    Court reverses one interlocutory order and affirms another in a dispute between a Church and an Archbishop that the Church sought to terminate

  • Smith v. Laney et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Michael Braun, (Law Office of Michael R. Braun), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calanit Hayes, Rakhi McNeill, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Myers, (Myers & Stroberg), Gainesville, Jason Stewart, (Dennis, Corry, Smith, & Dixon LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1736

    Court affirms jury verdict for defendants in motor vehicle collision case over defendant's arguments that two defendants should not be considered separate entities

  • Copeland v. Home Grown Music, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Braden Copeland, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Foy Devine, Diane LaRoss, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1721

    Court affirms summary judgment on investor's breach of contract claims as to payment of royalties, and reverses award of costs for defendant

  • Sambou v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyette Holmes, Marietta, John Edwards, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Lindsay Raynor, (Douglas County Solicitor General's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1764

    Court affirms convictions for identity fraud and forgery over defendant's contentions of trial court error and challenges to admission of evidence.

  • Cleveland v. Team RTR2, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-03-05
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Stoddard, Keith Evra, (The Stoddard Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Forestner, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Walter Yarbrough, (Fain, Major & Brennan, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2080

    Sexual Assault of a Spa Customer by a Massage Therapist Was Reasonably Foreseeable; Spa Had Superior Knowledge of the Risk of Harm