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  • Choi v. Sierra Construction Company, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Hasson, Michael O’Neill, (Hasson Law Group LLP), Atlanta, Mariana Melendez, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jefferson Allen, Erin Lewis, (Cohen Cooper Estep & Allen, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Steven Newton, (Steven N. Newton, LLC), Peachtree City, Jin Choi, Roswell, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1057

    Court reverses a judgment on a breach of a construction contract against an individual due to improper jury instructions on the issue of joint venture liability

  • Windward Campus Owner, LLC v. Good Night Medical of Ohio, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-07
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Dolinsky, (Law Offices of David R. Dolinsky), Atlanta, Michael Weinstein, (MBW Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Boyle, John Richard, (Continuum Legal Group LLP), Atlanta, G. Nason, (Lamberth Cifelli Ellis & Nason PA), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1192

    Court affirms summary judgment order concluding that a voidable transaction did not occur and purchaser of commercial tenant's assets was not liable for rent payments

  • Burbach v. Motorsports of Conyers, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-07
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: K. Reddy, (Reddy Law Firm, PC.), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Maguire, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, Kevin Maxim, (The Maxim Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1420

    Court reverses an injunction to enforce a restrictive covenant against a former employee because trial court erroneously applied Florida rather than Georgia law

  • High Tech Rail And Fence, LLC v. Cambridge Swinerton Builders, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-06
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, Mary Ellen Lighthiser, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint LLP), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, Andrew Stancil, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Fletcher, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Margaret Flatt Obrien, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1566

    Contractor's Termination of Subcontractor Was Done in Good Faith in Accordance With Subcontract Agreement

  • In the Interest of B. W., A Child

    Publication Date: 2021-11-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Evans, (Attorney at Law), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicola Rochester, (Axam~Roberts Legal Group), Riverdale, Olivia Smith, (SR Law Group), Douglasville, Jamie Gray, Douglasville, Christopher Carr, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Valerie Gordon, (Douglas County Juvenile Court - Juvenile Public), Douglasville, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Rita Cooper, (Attorney at Law), Powder Springs, Chelsea Mitchell, (The Carter Law Firm PC), Peachtree City, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1121

    Court affirms juvenile court's temporary custody order and rejects mother's appeal for return of custody of a minor child

  • Skinner v. Miles

    Publication Date: 2021-10-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Harbin, (Charles G. Harbin, Jr., P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0980

    Court affirms order granting equitable caregiver status and issuing custody and visitation rights to a former partner in s same-sex couple relationship

  • In the Interest of J. R. et al., Children

    Publication Date: 2021-07-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Quarles, (Attorney at Law), Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andrew Powell, (Law Office of Andrew Powell), Cohutta, for appellee; Elaine Campbell, Cohutta, William Newsome, (Mitchell & Mithcell P.C.), Dalton, Bryan Rayburn, (Coppedge & Associates, PC), Dalton, for other party,
    Case Number: A21A0347

    Court Properly Found That Domestic Violence Was Committed in Presence of Children and That Appellant Had Substance Abuse Problems Leading to Neglect

  • Johnson v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2021-04-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Grogan, (Grogan & Grogan), Columbus, Lynn Grogan, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Pitts, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2061

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Ordering Deviations in Child Support for Private School Tuition, Extracurricular Activities; Amended Divorce Decree Affirmed

  • Calloway-Spencer v. Spencer

    Publication Date: 2020-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Austin Buerlein, (Elovitz, Edwards, O'Nan & Buerlein, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0546

    In Divorce Action, Court Reverses Finding That Wife Gifted Townhome to the Marital Unit, and Remands for Application of the Source of Funds Rule

  • Purnell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0526

    Potential Jurors' Comments on Sentencing and Parole Were Not Inherently Prejudicial; Trial Court Did Not Err in Declining to Strike Venire