• Taylor v. The Devereux Foundation, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Constitutional Law | Damages | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Timothy Rogers, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips William Michael D’Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Melvin L. Hewitt, Jr., Hilary Wayne Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Joshua Ferber Thorpe, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Farish Barr, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jeff Sandman, (Webb, Daniel, Friedlander, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Maxwell Kent Thelen, Andrew Steven Ashby, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Ross Warren Bergethon, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Brian Charles Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Matthew J. Rubenstein, (Jones Day), Minneapolis, Letitia A. McDonald, Robert B. Friedman, Erin Munger, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Anna Sumner Pieschel, Philip S. Goldberg, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, David Christopher Hanson, (The Hanson Firm), Atlanta, Anthony J. Sebok, (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law), New York John C.P. Goldberg, (Harvard Law School), Cambridge, for Amicus Appellee; Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Rory A. Weeks, (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Jeffrey R. White, (Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.), Washington, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, James D. Meadows, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Jacob Edward Daly, Elissa Blache Haynes, P. Michael Freed, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: S22A1060

    Statutory Cap on Punitive Damages Does Not Violate State Constitutional Right to Jury Trial

  • The State et al. v. SASS Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Government
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Tina Michelle Piper, Cristina Maria Correia, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Daniel Church, (The Church Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, Page Anthony Pate, (Pate, Johnson & Church, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, , Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Winder, for Neutral Amicus.

    Case Number: S22A1243

    Suit For Declaratory Relief Naming Both State and County District Attorney as Defendants Was Barred by Sovereign Immunity

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

    Publication Date: 2022-11-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Joseph Buckley, III, Taylor Wayne Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Walker L. Chandler, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree City, Mawuli M. Malcolm Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm), Decatur, for Other Party; Les A. Schneider, Thomas Leland Walker, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Martin Kenneth OToole, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Justin Tharpe Holcombe, (Skaar & Feagle, LLP), Woodstock, for Neutral Amicus.

    Case Number: S22G0039

    Court concludes that an individual has stand to sue for injunctive relief to prevent removal of monuments, but community groups do not.

  • Camp v. Williams et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-28
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Kelly Camp, (Camp & Camp), Douglasville, Bryan Paul Tyson, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Joy Suson, Michael Victor Coleman, Aaron Watson, Jonathan M. Nussbaum, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, Jeremy Todd Berry, Joseph Jay Siegelman, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23A0073

    Superior Court Had Statutory Authority to Reverse County Elections Board's Decision to Place Unqualified Candidate on Ballot

  • Slosberg v. Giller, et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Skip Sugarman, Matthew Greer Hawk, (Sugarman Law, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyler Charles Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon, LLC), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Sasha Nina Greenberg, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, Nikola R. Djuric, (Djuric Spratt P.A.), Atlanta for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S21G1226

    No-Contest Clause Did Not Bar Undue-Influence Claim Against Trust Instrument

  • SC v. MB

    Publication Date: 2022-07-04
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Young
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0552

    The parties divorced in 2013 and negotiated a mediated settlement that addressed how to divide community property.

  • Goodman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric C. Crawford, (Crawford & Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Brent Cochran, Tuttle Wright Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Gray, Monticello, for appellee.

    Case Number: S22A0306

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes but vacates a sentence over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and error admitting evidence

  • Elephant Insurance v. Kenyon

    Publication Date: 2022-05-09
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Insurance Law | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Devine
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-0366

    An insurance company, that was sued by the estate of a man killed while taking pictures of a single car accident, successfully proved on appeal that it was not liable for the incident.

  • McInerney v. McInerney

    Publication Date: 2022-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Paul Johnson, Elizabeth Esther Berenguer, (Johnson, Kraeuter & Dunn, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew McLean Wilkes, William C Phillips, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: S21A1068

    Superior Courts Can Transfer or Dismiss Divorce Cases Under Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens

  • BCMB1 Trust v. Kiely

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Thomas Whelan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attys. for Plaintiff: Richland & Falkowski, PLLC, Long Island City, NY.
    for defendant: Atty. for Defendants Kiely: Fred M. Schwartz, Esq., Smithtown, NY.

    Case Number: 618396/2020

    Counsel Waived RPAPL §1304 Argument by Failing to Raise Issue in Opposition