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  • City of Milton v. Chang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Simon, Tyler Bridgers, (The Simon Law Frim PC), Atlanta, Jed Manton, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Atlanta, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0802

    Court affirms $30 million verdict against the City of Milton in fatal accident case, rejecting City's claims of sovereign immunity, and orders pre-judgment interest and nunc pro tunc judgment

  • Adams v. Lee et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kwame Townes, (Townes, Davis & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maren Cave, Kathryn Robertson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1345

    Court reverses grant of summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case because injured party was an invitee and not a licensee, which raised a genuine issue of material fact as to duty of care

  • Mims et al. v. Exclusive Association Management, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Damages
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Desiree Duke, Timothy Heath, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, Daniel Williams, (Coweta Circuit Superior Court), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Carlton, (Carlton Law, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0938

    Court affirms liability for conversion against former employee for conversion but reverses summary judgment against her husband due to lack of evidence to implicate husband in thefts

  • Baker v. Cuthbertson

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslee Hungerford, (O’Dell & O’Neal Attorneys), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1098

    Court affirms jury verdict and punitive damages in favor of estate executor against deceased party's partner for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty

  • Daniels v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Daniels, Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justo Cabral, (Solicitor General), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0980

    Court affirms simple battery conviction but reverses disorderly conduct conviction due to insufficient evidence of "fighting words"

  • In the Interest of D. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Joycelyn Curry, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, Dana Leader, (Fulton County Office of the Child Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1131

    Georgia Court reverses Alabama court's dependency finding due to lack of jurisdiction under UCCJEA

  • Boyd et al. v. Frontier Adjusters, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Selita Boyd, Eloise Boyd, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marc Bardack, P. Freed, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, Leslie Eason, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, Vernon Hill, Canon Corbitt, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Evan Szczepanski, Atlanta, for appellee; Marc Bardack, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Grace Callanan, (Burr & Forman, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0966

    Court vacates dismissal of appeal due to lack of factual findings on delay in payment of appellate costs

  • The State v. Meadows

    Publication Date: 2024-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Gammage, Steven Rosenberg, (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, Kali Wills, (Office of the Public Defender), Stoncrest, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1083

    Court affirms dismissal of weapons charge due to insufficient accusation under Georgia law

  • State v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2024-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mike Carlson, Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, John Melvin, Jayna Edwards, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mide Olaloye, Newnan, for appellee; John Melvin, (District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0801

    Court reverses exclusion of evidence produced by State after a discovery deadline in a burglary case, finding that the State's delay did not reflect bad faith

  • Green Meadows Housing Partners, LP et al v. Macon-Bibb County

    Publication Date: 2024-10-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Cobb, Michael Eber, Cameron Roberts, (Caplan Cobb LLP), Atlanta, Harold Melton, Charles Peeler, Thomas Reilly, Dominyka Plukaite, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: K. Cooke, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, Michael McNeill, (Macon-Bibb County Attorney’s Office), Macon, for appellee; Michael Lambros, (The Lambros Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0693

    Court reverses ex parte order and vacates nuisance findings in a County's public-nuisance case against apartments, and affirms that Civil Practice Act applies to nuisance abatement actions