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  • Sanchez Curtis et al. v. Roe

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Long, (Craig Long, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Neville, (Neville Law, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0297

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a seller in a failed real estate transaction but reverses attorney fees award for seller because underlying contract was void

  • Brown et al. v. Green Growth 2, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauncey Barnwell, (Chauncey Napoleon Brown Barnwell, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elsie Chisholm, Lucas Bradley, Gregroy Finch, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, Chase Lyndale, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0270

    Court vacates and remands summary judgment order in quiet title action due to death of an adverse claimant party

  • Victory Media Group LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Advertising
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Lemond, Edward Web, (Webb, Klase & Lemond, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Helen O’Leary, Amy Patterson, (Georgia Law Department), Atlanta, Denise Weiner, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0100

    Court affirms DOT's denial of an application for a permit for a multiple message sign, which sign was prohibited by OCGA § 32-6-75 (c) (1) (C)

  • In re: Estate of Lillian Knight, Deceased

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, Larry Overman, (Overman & Overman LLC), Fayetteville, Kelly Freyer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Sumner, (Sumner/Meeker, LLC), Newnan, for appellant; David Ballard, (Ballard Law Office, LLC), Fayetteville, Robert Ruppenthal, (Robert A. Ruppenthal, P.C.), Fayetteville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0288

    Court reverses probate court decision that funds in joint accounts were estate assets in an estate dispute due to lack of clear and convincing evidence of intent of testator

  • The State v. Hanks

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, Jayna Easton, (Fulton County District Attorney Office), Atlanta, Caitlin Adcock, (Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Shubow, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Brittany Saulsberry, (Office of the Public Defender, Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0256

    Court vacates evidence suppression order in a drug possession case and remands for further proceedings to determine if search warrant was prompted by an unlawful dog sniff test

  • Zayac v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alicia Taylor, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0557

    Court affirms denial of motion to withdraw guilty plea in obscene internet contact case, finding no basis for defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Gee et al. v. Tyler & Company, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hawkins, (James W Hawkins LLC), Cumming, Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Bogan, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0551

    Court affirms jury verdict against former executive for breach of non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements

  • American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Gillis

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, Lauren Kamensky, Sarah Daley, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Richard Jenkins, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Morrow, for appellee; Lervette Blair, (Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0537

    Court reverses denial of a motion for summary judgment in a premises liability case because plaintiff had equal knowledge of an open and obvious hazard

  • Vatave v. Canopy Workforce Solutions, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sunil Vatave, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Blake Frye, (Hill, Kertscher & Wharton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0552

    Court affirms application of Prophecy rule to excise contradictory claims about a contract breach but reverses summary judgment in a dispute over payment of deferred compensation

  • Georgia Department of Community Health v. Houston Hospitals, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, Charles Thimmesch, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, Chelsea Harvey, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, Michael Gray, (Walker, Hulbert, Gray & Moore, LLP), Perry, for appellee; Kathlynn Polvino, (KBP Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0424

    Court affirms denial of certificates of need for a proposed freestanding emergency healthcare department