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  • Cordial Endeavor Concessions of Atlanta, LLC v. Gebo Law LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine Mast, Thomas Buckler, (Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donna Johnson, Atlanta, Tyler Dillard, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1474

    Court affirms $1.15 million damages award for unpaid legal services in a quantum meruit lawsuit filed by an attorney who provided those services

  • Moye v. Northhaven Homeowners Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-21
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Alderman, (Anderson, Walker & Reichert), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Allen, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1709

    Court reverses declaratory judgment favoring an HOA, and rules that new construction on a certain tract in a subdivision is exempt from construction covenants

  • Sharpe v. McCartney

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick O’Connor, Amelia Stevens, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1550

    Court affirms dismissal of action for excessive use of force by the police, concluding it was not a proper renewal action where plaintiff's original case was dismissed for lack of diligence in service

  • McAnnally v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clayton Fuller, Matthew Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1239

    Court affirms convictions for firearm possession and obstruction of an officer following a traffic stop and rejected defendants' contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anita Howard, Cynthia Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office Office of the District Attorney Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1342

    Court affirms denial of out-of-time appeal in a voluntary manslaughter case

  • Simmons v. Turner

    Publication Date: 2024-01-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jim David, (Law Office of Jim R. David), Homer, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Myers, (Myers & Stroberg), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1328

    Court affirms dismissal of a renewal car accident lawsuit due to lack of proper service of original lawsuit

  • Bowers v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Alison Currie, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Randolph Mayer, (Mayer & Harper LLP), Atlanta, Shawn Ricci, (Marc J. Bern & Partners, LLP), Conshohocken, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Loebl, Sonja Tate, (Fulcher Hagler LLP), Augusta, Frank Gordon, (Millberg Gordon Stewart PLLC), Raleigh, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0839

    Court affirms exclusion of expert testimony and grant of summary judgment in favor of an employer in a FELA lung cancer case, finding that the testimony speculated and did not establish causation

  • WW3 Ventures, LLC v. The Bank of New York Mellon As Successor Trustee Under Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust Series 2006-2

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Ayoub, Carolina Bryant, (Ayoub & Mansour LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Gilroy, (The Gilroy Firm), Atlanta, Matthew Totten, (The Totten Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; James Blum, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0719

    Court affirms that a bidder for a lien on property took title to the property subject to a mortgagor's security interest where security deed did not include a witness attestation

  • Felts et al. v. Thaxton

    Publication Date: 2023-11-30
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Huestis, Amy BeMent, (Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley, PC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Camp, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Susanne Burton, Lexington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0662

    Court affirms in part and reverses in part a directed verdict against a party's challenge to an annuity beneficiary change, finding that the jury should evaluate an undue influence claim

  • State v. Scott

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, Virginia Davis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: F. Rockwell, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0844

    Court dismisses State's appeal where trial court entered a shorter sentence than the State had negotiated, concluding that it lacked jurisdiction to hear the State's appeal