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  • Massey et al. v. Duke Builders, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-29
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Parks Benson, Gerald Davidson, Jr., Brian Tanner Easley, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony O. L. Powell, Wesley Charles Ross, John James Crowley, (Powell & Edwards), Lawrenceville, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., James Cullen Evans, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0018

    Materialmen's Lien May Not Include Anticipated Profits; Trial Court Erred in Ruling That the Entire Lien Was Void

  • Atlanta Women's Specialists, LLC et al. v. Trabue et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Flint, Michael David Flint, Jamie Lee Kastler, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sims Stone, (Law Offices of William S. Stone), Blakely, Michael George Regas, (Stone Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Ryals Drayton Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, James William Stone, (The Stone Law Group – Trial Lawyers, LLC), Blakely, Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Keri Fielder Conley, (Georgia Hospital Association), Marietta, Donald J. Palmisano, Jr., (Medical Association of Georgia), Atlanta, Tracy Morgan Baker, (Wellstar Health System, Inc.), Marietta, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Amy W. Adelman, (Emory University), Atlanta, David Christopher Hanson, Jessica To Holland, Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington McGrew, P.C.), Atlanta, William Thomas Worthy, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, Elizabeth McFall Leddy , (Piedmont Healthcare, INC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Colin Dang Delaney, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Daniel James Huff, Taylor Marie Tribble, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19G1138

    Personal Injury Defendants Seeking Appportionment For Nonparty's Conduct Should Have Filed Pretrial Notice of Nonparty Fault

  • Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences LLC v. Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-08
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Barry Ostrager
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff Platinum-Montaur Life Sciences LLC was represented by: Warren E. Gluck, Robert J. Burns, Duvol M. Thompson, Holland & Knight LLP.
    for defendant: For Defendant Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. was represented by: Robert J. Boller, Robert C. Folland (Admitted Pro Hac Vice), Barnes & Thornburg LLP.
    Case Number: 656710/2017

    Assignment Agreement Unambiguously Transferred Entirety of Lender's Interest in Note

  • Franzen et al. v. Downtown Development Authority of Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-03
    Practice Area: Government | Land Use and Planning | Project Finance
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carranza M. Pryor, (The Pryor Law Firm), Atlanta, John Floyd Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew James Calvert, Laura T. Wagner, (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Douglass Payton Selby, (Hunton & Williams, LLP), Atlanta, Alvin LaMont Kendall, (The Kendall Law Firm), Atlanta, Keith M. Wiener, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20A0328

    City of Atlanta Had Statutory and Constitutional Authority to Finance Redevelopment Project Through Infrastructure Fees

  • Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP et al. v. Moody et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-27
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Alan Rogers, (NCR Corp.), Atlanta, Johannes S. Kingma, John Colquitt Rogers, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Vincent Chandler, Shaun P. Rooney, (Chandler Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Matthew D. Friedlander, Caroline Johnson Tanner, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S18G1436

    Plaintiff in legal malpractice case waives attorney-client privilege with respect to communications with other lawyers that worked on the same matter.

  • City of Atlanta et al. v. Atlanta Independent School System

    Publication Date: 2020-02-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emmet J. Bondurant, II, David Gregory Hill Brackett Robert Lawrence Ashe, III, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey Spencer Haymore, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Susan Marie Garrett, Nina Hickson, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Daniel Young, (Joseph D. Young, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard H. Sinkfield, Michael L. Eber, Rachel Mary Bishop, Cameron Blaine Roberts, (Rogers & Hardin LLP), Atlanta, appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1203

    Dispute Between City of Atlanta and Atlanta School System Not Ripe For Review

  • Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Hartry et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-21
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eileen M. Crowley, Amanda Rodman Smith, (Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Virginia A. Seitz, Tobias S. Loss-Eaton, Raymond A. Atkins, (Sidley Austin, LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael J. Warshauer, Trent Scott Shuping, Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group PC), Atlanta, Richard Crawford Foster, Elizabeth Lynn Bentley, (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, Frank Mitchell Lowrey, IV, Michael Rosen Baumrind, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher Randall Jordan, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick, Kathryn D. Kirmayer, Daniel Saphire, (Association of American Railroads), Washington, for Amicus Appellant. Frank T. Burge, Sr., (Burge & Burge, P.C.), Birmingham, Lawrence M. Mann, (Alpers & Mann, PC), Bethesda, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S19G0008

    Federal Employers' Liability Act Claim Is Not Precluded by Regulations Pursuant to Federal Railroad Safety Act

  • Milliken & Company v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2019-07-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stevan A. Miller, Lisa Renee Richardson, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew D. Friedlander, Laurie Webb Daniel, Phil George, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Howard Brewton, (Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier), Augusta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, Hugh Brown McNatt, Brooke Walker Gram, Tyler P. Bishop, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, David A. Dial, Carol Patrick Michel, Thomas J. Strueber, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0876

    Court vacates and remands decisions that had incorrectly applied the Georgia anti-indemnity statute.

  • Fulton County v. City of Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Legislation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kaye Woodard Burwell, Denval Anthony Stewart, Patrise M. Perkins-Hooker, Emily C. Hirst, (Office of The Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emmet J. Bondurant, David Gregory Hill Brackett, Robert Lawrence Ashe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Brian Kemp, (Georgia State Board of Elections), Atlanta, Nina Hickson, Jeffrey Spencer Haymore, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Daniel Young, (Joseph D. Young, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1156

    Court rejects County's constitutional challenge to Atlanta's property annexation

  • Grogan v. City Of Dawsonville

    Publication Date: 2019-02-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Keith Leibel, Paul David Menair, (Steven Leibel, P.C.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana B. Miles, Jonah Blue Howell, (Miles, Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, Anthony O. L. Powell, (Powell & Edwards), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1425

    City's former mayor has direct right of appeal to challenge City's action to remove him from office.