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  • PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. v. Gibson

    Publication Date: 2024-06-03
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Tucker, (Tucker Long, P.C.), Augusta, Christopher Kanne, (Duane Morris, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, John Gibson, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0268

    Court reverses order denying attorney fees and mandating document production, and affirms dismissal of defamation claim on the basis of Georgia's anti-SLAPP statute

  • Wilson et al. v. Inthachak et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ranse Murphy Partin, William Kent Owens, Jr., James Thomas Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, James D. Hudson, (James D. Hudson, P.C.), Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Richard Dekle, Sr., Sandra E. Vinueza Foster, Wiley A. Wasden, III, (Brennan & Wasden LLP), Savannah, for appellee; Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, for Amicus Appellant; Gregory Gaines Sewell, (Bouhan Falligant, LLP), Savannah, Pamela Newsom Lee, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & GARY, LLP), Atlanta, Patrick N. Silloway, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, Philip C. Thompson, (Duane Morris LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1095

    Court returns case to appellate court, which was divided equally on the application of a particular issue, due to lack of equal division jurisdiction

  • Rogers v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Ratchford Firm, Warren E. Ratchford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Duane Morris, Steven D. Ginsburg, Kenneth B. Franklin, for appellees.
    Case Number: A17A1256

    The Court reversed the denial of defendant's motion to vacate an order substituting a new plaintiff; vacated the orders substituting the new plaintiff, granting summary judgment to the new plaintiff, and requiring defendant to post a supersedeas bond as a condition for the stay of enforcement of the summary judgment order; and remanded the case for further proceedings, finding that the trial court made an error of law and failed to exercise its discretion in substituting the new plaintiff.