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  • Flat Creek Falls, LLC v. Labat, Solely in his Capacity as Sheriff of Fulton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-19
    Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sams, (W. Shannon Sams Law, P.C.), Atlanta, Victoria Kealy, Thomas Whitley, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Meredith Germain, Valerie Ross, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, Bradley Hutchins, (Weissman, PC), Atlanta, Joshua Adams, (Internal Revenue Service), Seattle, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1145

    City's Lien Against Real Property Could Not Be Satisfied From Excess Funds Remaining After Tax Sale

  • Bassett v. Winfield Farm, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-06
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Muller, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Savannah, Daniel Snipes, (Taulbee, Rushing, Snipes, Marsh & Hodgin, LLC), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1134

    Court approves summary judgment for vehicle owner and against party who was injured when the owner's teenage daughter took her vehicle without first asking

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Malone, (Appellate Division, Georgia Pubic Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, Veronica Hansis, (Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0367

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates defendant's sentence and remands for resentencing

  • Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, Peachtree City, Timothy King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Megan Martin, Patrick Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Mawuli Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC), Decatur, Maryum Jordan, (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A0734

    Court affirms trial court holding that an individual's lawsuit for injunctive relief over removal of a Confederate monument is barred by sovereign immunity.

  • McArthur et al. v. Beech Haven Baptist Church of Athens et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Giovinazzo, Michael Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Darren Penn, Alexandra Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kevin Ketner, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Cochran, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, M. Heath, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Kevin Hudson, Mary Walker, Zachary Hall, (Hudson Parrott Walker, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Martin, Mark Silver, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moseley, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Edward Tolley, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Kathryn Whitlock, (McAngus, Goudelock, & Courie LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Rothring, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0898

    Court reverses dismissal of multiple claims related to sexual abuse brought by plaintiffs against churches that sponsored boy scout troops

  • Green et al. v. Pinnix et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellee; Georgia Hospital Association, Inc. et al., Atlanta, Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A0547

    Court reverses an order finding that a defendant had violated HIPAA, concluding that the transmission of medical records to a treating doctor was not a HIPAA violation

  • Moore v. Humble

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Raymond, (Hogue & Hogue (Of Counsel)), Macon, Carmel Sanders, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Adams, (Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.), Macon, Kice Stone, (Stone Family Law, LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0204

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment motion on breach of contract and fraud and affirms denial of discovery motions in a case involving breach of a marriage promise

  • Riley et al. v. Barreras

    Publication Date: 2023-07-28
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristi Bankston, (Worsham Corsi Scott and Dobur), Marietta, Robert Harrison, Jackson Griner, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alex Dixon, (Alex L. Dixon, P.C.), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0553

    Plaintiff Offered No Evidence to Support Theories of Negligent Entrustment or Vicarious Liability

  • Phillis Graham v. Hospice Savannah, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-26
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Foster, Marvin McGahee, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter, LLC), Savannah, for appellee; Jordon Morrow (Brannen, Searcy & Smith), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0430

    Employee Called to Work Outside of Normal Schedule Was Not on "Special Mission" While Commuting to Work

  • Allen v. Shepherd, et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Buck, (Buck Law Firm), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: John O’Brien, (Thompson, O’brien, Kemp & Nasuit, P.C.), Norcross, William Diehl, (Thompson, O’Brien, Kappler & Nasuti, PC), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0463

    Court reverses dismissal of a petition for mandamus to a court clerk because that petition was the petitioner's sole remedy under the facts of his case