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  • Hewlett v. Hewlett et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Harris, (Stephen H. Harris, Attorney at Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Waters, (Attorney At Law), Richmond Hill, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1821

    Court reverses parental rights termination order

  • Web IV, LLC et al. v. Samples Construction, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-03-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin O'Dell, Nicholas Booth, (O'Dell & O'Neal, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Chapman, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Laura Rollins, (Dyer & Rusbridge PC), Canton, Cory Close, (Busch Reed & Jones, P.C.), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1791

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Compelling Arbitration Over Objection That Movant Had Waived Right to Compel Arbitration by Failing to Comply with Industry-Standard Dispute Resolution Procedures

  • Unique Auto Sales, LLC et al. v. Dunwody Insurance Agency et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge BARNES
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reuben Akin, Macon, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Jones, Ernest Satterfield, (Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1915

    No summary judgment on an insurance coverage matter where the full insurance policy is not in the record

  • York et al. v. Athens College of Ministry, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-29
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Ellison, (Cowsert Heath, LLP), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Warnes, (Timmons Warnes, LLP), Athens, Thomas Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, for appellee. Brian Daughdrill, (Roberts & Daughdrill, P.C.), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A18A0934

    Recipient of special use building permit waived its right to object to a resident's challenge to the issuance of that permit.

  • Glover v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2018-10-11
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jesse Bowles, (Attorney at Law), Cuthbert, Joseph Durham, Donald Lee, (Lee Durham, LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hugh McNatt, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Vidalia, George Carley, (Carley, Gregory & Gregory) Decatur, for appellee. Raleigh Rollins, (Alexander & Vann LLP), Thomasville, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A18A1005

    Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Favor of Power Company Facing Allegations That It Failed to Provide Sufficient Lighting on Highway and Caused Fatal Accident

  • McKissic v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Appellate Division-GPDC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, Frederick Lewis, Raymond Tillery, (Office of the District Attorney - Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1393

    Court Affirms Conviction of Child Sex Abuser

  • Maddox v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: E-Commerce
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray Gary (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Edwards (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0659

    Conviction for Distributing Child Pornography Using File Sharing Program Is Upheld

  • Rollins et al. v. LOR, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Mixson, Timothy Rigsbee, Robert Ashe, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta; Thomas Rafferty, Antony Ryan, Samira Shah (Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP), New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan Bakowski, James Lamberth, William Withrow (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0638

    Family Business Trustees' Claims Against Business Managers Were All Either Time-Barred or Derivative in Nature

  • Jenifer Duncan et al. v. Olga Rawls et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-04
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Foust, Allan Parks, David Walbert (Parks, Chesin & Walbert P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Balser, John Toro, Letitia McDonald, Julia Barrett (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2052

    Georgia Law Does Not Recognize Probable Cause Exception to Enforcement of No-Contest Provisionss in Trusts

  • Cartersville City Schools et al. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2018-05-03
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Occupational Safety and Health
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Grafton (Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC), Atlanta; Joshua Saunders (Bovis Kyle Burch & Medlin), for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Tate (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1469

    The superior court was authorized to set aside the State Board of Workers Compensation Appellate Division's decision, thus reinstating the award of benefits to the claimant, because the Appellate Division misconstrued the legal framework for determining whether an injury arose out of employment and therefore rendered a decision contrary to law.