• The State v. Middleton

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Higgins, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Kight, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office), Woodbine, Brian Tyrone, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Jesup, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0422

    On remand and direction from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated its prior judgment and remanded for clarification of an officer's jurisdiction in traffic stop evidence suppression case

  • Cordial Endeavor Concessions of Atlanta, LLC v. Gebo Law LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine Mast, Thomas Buckler, (Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donna Johnson, Atlanta, Tyler Dillard, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1474

    Court affirms $1.15 million damages award for unpaid legal services in a quantum meruit lawsuit filed by an attorney who provided those services

  • Sherritt v. SB Paulding Commons, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-03-11
    Practice Area: Damages | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shane Stogner, (Stogner Law, LLC) Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Ellison, (Fortson Bentley and Griffin PA), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1647

    Court affirms enforceability of a lease guaranty but vacates calculation of damages in a lease dispute and remands for evaluation of penalty clause under the proper standard

  • Scarbrough v. Phillips et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Beck, (Lawson & Beck, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Gilroy, (The Gilroy Firm), Atlanta, Matthew Totten, (The Totten Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1228

    Court affirms property owner's right to maintain utility lines on adjacent property outside express easement for maintenance based on a property interest arising from a quasi-easement

  • Barnwell v. Trivedi

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Communications and Media
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauncey Barnwell, (Chauncey Napoleon Brown Barnwell, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay Eidex, (Attorney at Law), Suwanee, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1312

    Court affirms attorney fees award in favor of defendant under anti-SLAPP statute in defamation lawsuit between attorneys

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  • Weaver v. Millsaps

    Publication Date: 2024-03-08
    Practice Area: Communications and Media
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Showalter, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Clyde, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1234

    Court affirms dismissal of libel action under anti-SLAPP statute, emphasizing that the target of the libel action had engaged in protected speech that addressed issues of public interest

  • Barsamian v. Glynn County Board of Tax

    Publication Date: 2024-03-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Roberts, (Roberts Tate, LLC), St. Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Carter, Amanda Szokoly, (Brown Reddick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins, LLP), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1344

    Court affirms inclusion of the value of memberships in a private club in property tax valuations for purposes of property tax assessments

  • Clay et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2024-03-07
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, Scott Peters, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold Melton, Charles Palmer, Charles Peeler, Elizabeth Waldbeser, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1718

    Court vacates bond order in a challenge to the State's approval of a manufacturing and development project

  • The State v. Yearwood-Cabbel

    Publication Date: 2024-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A23A1728

    Court affirms motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant where neither the challenger nor the evidence was named in the warrant itself

  • Burbach v. Motorsports of Conyers, LLC d/b/a Falcons Fury Harley-Davidson et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    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 vacates its prior opinion and remands for application of a framework elucidated by the Georgia Supreme Court to evaluate an employment restrictive covenant governed by foreign law