• Cook-Rose et al. v. Waffle House, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexandria Elizabeth Seay, (Bird Law Group), Atlanta, Thomas Edward Reynolds, (Reynolds Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Rishi D. Pattni, (Pattni Law Group), Marietta, Kurt Gregory Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Patrick Conley, Robert D. Ingram, Ryan Matthew Ingram, (Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, Maximilian Philip Perwich, (Waffle House, INC.), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A1094

    Court Clarifies Appeal Process for Fee Awards in Dismissed Cases, Concluding that Those Awards Constitute Final Judgments that Do Not Require a Certificate of Intermediate Review

  • Felton v. Wood

    Publication Date: 2024-11-15
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Washington
    Judge: Justice Robert J. Muller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs: Joseph A. DiPisa of counsel, The PitcoffLaw Group, P.C., New York.
    for defendant: For Defendants: Michael Crowe of counsel, Fitzgerald Morris Baker Firth, P. C., Glens Falls.

    Case Number: EC2023-35780

    Plaintiff's Cross Motion Granted; Defendant Violated Temporary Injunction

  • Akter v. Interboro Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2024-11-06
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Bronx
    Judge: Justice Fidel E. Gomez
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 31586/19E

    Summary Judgment Denied Under Insurance Law 3407(a), Granted Under Agreement

  • Huynh v. Blanchard

    Publication Date: 2024-06-24
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Busby
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-0676

    Petitioners are a poultry producer and local farmers and growers.

  • Cerrito v. Chen

    Publication Date: 2024-06-20
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Richmond
    Judge: Justice Ronald Castorina, Jr.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 150091/2022

    Case Dismissed; Plaintiff Failed to Show Landlords Were Aware of Tenants' Violent Dog

  • Texas Health & Human Serv. Comm'n v. Estate of Clyde L. Burt

    Publication Date: 2024-05-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bland
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0437

    In 2010, Clyde and Dorothy Burt sold their house to their daughter and son-in-law and moved into a rental property. In 2017, the Burts moved to a skilled-nursing facility.

  • Papsodero v. Air & Liquid Sys. Corp.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-18
    Practice Area: Mass Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, New York
    Judge: Justice Adam Silvera
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 190102/2022

    Joint Trial of Asbestos Cases Granted; Plaintiff Established Commonality of Fact

  • City of Winder v. Barrow County

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, Grant E. McBride, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC), McDonough, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Angela Edwards Davis, Gregory Aaron Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, Ryan Robert Bowersox, Kevin H. Jeselnik, (Georgia Municipal Association), Atlanta, Quinton G. Washington, David N. Dreyer, (Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Jeffrey Shelton Akins, (Bulloch County Board of Commissioners), Statesboro, Joy Lynn Edelberg, (Horne & Edelberg P.C.), Dahlonega, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, Kenneth Edward Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Lawrence Allyn Stockton, Jr., (Stockton & Stockton, LLC), Clayton, Michael Peter Ludwiczak, David D. Gottlieb, (Walker County, Georgia Government), Lafayette, Nancy Ladson Rowan, (Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP), Atlanta, Walter Gus Elliott, II, (Elliott Blackburn PC), Valdosta, Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., G. Joseph Scheuer, (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Ernest Ronald Bennett, Jr., (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Jody Charles Campbell, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Gregory David Jay, (Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck, LLC), Buford, Robert Jackson Wilson, (Webb Tanner Powell Mertz & Wilson LLP), Lawrenceville, Kenneth James Lewis, (Lewis LAW), Winder, for other party.

    Case Number: S23G0341

    Court clarifies aspects of the Services Delivery Strategy Act in disputes between municipalities and a county, with specific focus on road maintenance and water utility fees for unincorporated areas

  • Vantage Cancer Centers of Georgia, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-20
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Charles L. Gregory, John Warner Ray, (Ray & Gregory, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Daniel Stephen Walsh, Christopher M. Carr, Charles K. Thimmesch, Jeffrey William Stump, Andrew Bain McClintock, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Michael Rozier, Dorothy Hubbard Cornwell, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Robert Sparks Highsmith, Jr., Allen Andre Hendrick, Talis Colgan Trevino, Laurie Wells Trompeter, (Holland & Knight LLP), Nashville, for appellee; Armando Luis Basarrate, II, David Boone Darden, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: S23G0405

    Court clarifies standard of review that Community Health Commissions must apply in evaluating hearing officer's factual findings in an application for a health care Certificate of Need

  • Premier Pediatric Providers, LLC v. Kenne-Saw Pediatrics, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Robert Blackwell, Mark David Boyer, II, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Bennie Davis Butler, Jr., (Butler Mersereau LLP), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold David Melton, Michael Gregory Foo, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, David Gregory Michell, James Marx Sherman, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23G0263

    Court vacates dismissal of an appeal that was granted on procedural grounds over delayed filing of a trial transcript and clarifies appellate review standards in transcript delay appeal dismissals