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  • Garner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon (District Attorney), Covington; Tabitha Rogers (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0157

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for first-degree cruelty to children, rape, statutory rape, aggravated sodomy and several other sex offenses arising out of acts defendant committed against his stepchildren while their mother was in prison.

  • Gates et al. v. Taylor County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-13
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta; G. Land (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Smith (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0118

    The trial court properly held that the officer de facto doctrine defeated plaintiffs' challenge to a school board's actions.

  • Coen v. Aptean, Inc. et al

    Publication Date: 2018-07-05
    Practice Area: Damages | Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Software
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork (Attorney at Law), Decatur; Timothy Coen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ames (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta; Steven Collins (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta; Richard Robbins (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta; Alexa Ross (Robbinsfreed), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0522

    Abusive Litigation Plaintiff Could Elect to Seek General Damages For Mental Distress

  • Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. v. Macon Health Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-26
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Walker (Martin Snow LLP), Macon; Eric Fisher, Roy Meeks, Amanda Speier (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wendell Howell (Lumley & Howell), Macon; James Marshall (Attorney at Law), Macon; William Noland (Noland Law Firm LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0266

    Agreement Between Corporations Lapsed When One Was Administratively Dissolved

  • McConnell et al. v. Georgia Department Of Labor

    Publication Date: 2018-06-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Class Actions | Privacy
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson Allen (Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen, LLC), Atlanta; Scott Schweber (Schweber Green Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Samuel Olens (Attorney General), Atlanta; Kirsten Daughdril (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Angela Cusimano (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0655

    Suit Against State Agency For Inadvertent Disclosure of Private Information Not Barred By Sovereign Immunity

  • Reid v. Waste Industries USA, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Johnson, Natalie Mark (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Martin (McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP), Atlanta; George Darden (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1791

    The Court of Appeals partially reversed the trial court's order granting defendants' motion for summary judgment and denying plaintiff's motion for sanctions in his suit for malicious prosecution, conspiracy, and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress after he was acquitted of charges stemming from his alleged brandishing of a gun on his supervisor and co-workers after he was fired from his job.

  • Murray-Obertein v. Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission

    Publication Date: 2018-03-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cheryl Legare (Legare, Attwood & Wolfe, LLC), Atlanta; Edward Buckley (Buckley & Klein, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisa Cleek, Bryan Jacoutot (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1836

    The trial court properly granted commission's motion for summary judgment on former public employee's retaliation claim under the Georgia Whistleblower Act because it was undisputed that she was no longer an "employee" at the time of the purported retaliatory acts.

  • Avery et al. v. Paulding County Airport Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Transportation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McKnight, Alison Ballard (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Baker (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta; J. Davis, Lee Carter (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0849

    The Court partially reversed the dismissal of three related declaratory judgment actions arising out of the efforts of a county and a county airport authority to apply for a commercial Airport Operating Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.

  • EMM Credit, LLC v. Alexander Remington et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bret Thrasher, Sarah Newman (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P. C.), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Koski (The Koski Firm), Sarasota; Grace Tillman (Richard C. Wayne & Associates, PC.), Atlanta; Steven Lefkoff (Lefkoff Law, LLC), Atlanta; Scott King (Jacobs King & Wallack LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1031

    The trial court properly found that creditor's fraudulent transfer claim was not assignable.