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Stewart v. McDonald

Publication Date: 2018-08-08
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Legal Services
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bruce Brown (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Claudia Bradley (Bruce P. Brown Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: M. O'Neill (Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLC), Charlotte; Kathryn Whitlock, H. Young, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta; Robert Gilbreath (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Dallas, for appellee.
Case Number: A18A0304

Evidence Supported Jury Finding That Attorney-Client Relationship was Established and Breached

Amberfield Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Young et al.

Publication Date: 2018-07-03
Practice Area: Real Estate
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
for defendant: N/a
Case Number: A18A0391

Homeowners Association Had Authority to Accept Easement Obligating All Members to Pay Dues to Nearby Swim and Tennis Club

SecureAlert, Inc. et al. v. Boggs et al.

Publication Date: 2018-06-19
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Flynn (Attorney at Law), Albany, for appellant.
for defendant: Joseph Durham (Lee Durham LLC), Albany; Rosser Malone (Malone Law Office), Atlanta; Sidney Moore (The Moore Law Firm P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Kovarious Price, Garden City; Demetrious Price, Reidsville; Grace Chapman, Albany; Richard Parker, Peachtree City; Erwin Warren, Albany; Sonya Bryant, Albany; George Donaldson, Misty Haskins (Perry & Walters LLP), Albany, for other party.
Case Number: A18A0045

The trial court erred in denying electronic pretrial release and monitoring service providers' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' wrongful death and personal injury action arising after two men whom providers were responsible for monitoring via ankle bracelets allegedly shot and killed another man, because O.C.G.A. § 17-6-1.1 (i) shielded providers from civil liability.

Amberfield Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Young et al.

Publication Date: 2018-06-12
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Real Estate
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Welborn (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta; Joseph Atkins (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Randall Lipshutz (Lipshutz Greenblatt LLC), Tucker, for appellee.
Case Number: A18A0391

Homeowners Association Had Authority to Accept Easement Obligating All Members to Pay Dues to Nearby Swim and Tennis Club

McConnell et al. v. Georgia Department Of Labor

Publication Date: 2018-06-06
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Class Actions | Privacy
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson Allen (Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen, LLC), Atlanta; Scott Schweber (Schweber Green Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Christopher Carr, Samuel Olens (Attorney General), Atlanta; Kirsten Daughdril (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Angela Cusimano (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A16A0655

Suit Against State Agency For Inadvertent Disclosure of Private Information Not Barred By Sovereign Immunity

Canelas v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-05-07
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford (Crawford and Boyle LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
for defendant: Rosanna Szabo (Solicitor-General), Lawrenceville; Samuel D'Entremont (Gwinnett County Solicitor-General's Office), Lawrenceville; Nicole Wong (Gwinnett County Solicitor's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
Case Number: A18A0764

The Court affirmed defendant's convictions for DUI-less safe and DUI per se following a single-vehicle motorcycle crash but reversed his conviction for driving without a valid license, as the evidence did not support that conviction.

Sanchez v. Carter et al.

Publication Date: 2017-11-03
Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
Industry:
Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Hendrix (Attorney at Law), Columbus; Todd Maziar (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Lauren Julian, Gary Hurst (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Shannon Rolen (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
Case Number: A17A1135

Claimant was not entitled to workers' compensation dependency benefits after her live-in boyfriend, whom she was dependent on due to her own inability to work, was fatally injured at work because the two were not married, either ceremonially or by common law.

DeMott v. Old Town Trolley Tours of Savannah Inc.

Publication Date: 2014-08-27
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Court: Court of Appeals
Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Simon Weinstein, Atlanta, Jeffrey Lasky, and Brian Krapf Ashman, Lasky & Cooper, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Joseph Brennan, Kathryn Westberry Brennan & Wasden, and Sandra Foster Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP, Savannah, for appellee.
Case Number: A14A0086

Because the plaintiff was not aboard or in the act of boarding or exiting the defendant's trolley when she fell, no carrier-passenger relationship existed so as to invoke the duty of extraordinary c

Ford Motor Co. v. Conley

Publication Date: 2014-03-03
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Nahmias, David E.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher S. Anulewicz, Michael J. Bowers Balch & Bingham LLP, Michael R. Boorman, Audrey K. Berland Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Curtis A. Garrett Jr. Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Atlanta, and Adam H. Charnes Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Winston-Salem, N.C., for appellant.
for defendant: Robin F. Clark, Atlanta, Andrew W. Jones, Marietta, Benjamin E. Baker Jr., and Dana Taunton Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles LLC, Montgomery, Ala., for appellees. Amicus Appellant: Chilton D. Varner, Stephen B. Devereaux, Susan M. Clare King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Robert D. Ingram, and Angela H. Smith Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele LLP, Marietta. Amicus Appellee: Madeline E. McNeeley and Darren W. Penn Harris Penn Lowry & Delcampo LLP, Atlanta.
Case Number: S13A1601

The plaintiffs were properly granted an extraordinary motion for new trial since they met the requirements of showing that they exercised due diligence in asking the defendant for its insurance info

February 27, 2014 |

Ford Motor Co. v. Conley

 Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Ford Motor Co.v.Conley2014 WL 695224Only the Westlaw citation is currently available.Supreme Court…

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