• Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, Nathan Lee, (Glover & Davis, P.A.), Newnan, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Edwin Page, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell Berreth, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Max Marks, (The Block Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0438

    Court affirms punitive damages and fee awards for a lessee of farm property after a successor lessor locked the lessee out of the property with malice and in bad faith

  • United Sciences, LLC et al. v. Kellett et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Corporate Governance
    Industry: Biotechnology
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon Bloom, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, Nicholas Sears, (Knight Palmer, LLC) Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Rutherford, Steven Collins, Gavin Reinke, Bryan Lutz, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Blake Frye, (Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Gibson, Daniel Hendrix, (The Finley Law Firm PC), Atlanta, Keith Kodosky, Ronald Masterson, Andrew Eaton, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Samuel Kellett, Artoush Ohanian, Atlanta, for appellee; Wess Sharpe, Richmond Hill, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A1060

    Tortious Interference Claims Against Defendants' Attorneys Properly Dismissed Under Stranger Doctrine

  • Georgiacarry.Org Inc., et al. v. The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Carpenter, James Grant, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Omari Crawford, (The DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1479

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an entity's right to bar firearms from its property, concluding that the entity's lease created an estate for years and not a usufruct

  • Union Carbide Corporation v. Brannan et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Payne, William Massey, Philip Sandick, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Buck, (Buck Law Firm), Peachtree Corners, Brian Kinsley, Greensboro, for Appellee

    Case Number: A21A0143

    Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss personal injury claims of a decedent's estate where prior pending claims doctrine did not bar the refiling