• Marion A. Allen, Inc. et al. v. Blake C. Johnston et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Adams, (Adams Law Firm), Fort Valley, Joseph Bloodworth, (Bush, Crowley, Leverett & Leggett, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Fox, (Adams, Hemingway & Wilson, LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0213

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment in real estate fraud case, concluding that there was no factual dispute that property purchasers had failed to exercise due diligence after notice of defect

  • Preview Restaurants, LLC v. Shops At 2221 Peachtree, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cheng, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine Silverman, (Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0237

    Court affirms lease termination and admissibility of restoration cost estimate as a non-hearsay business record in a commercial dispossessory case

  • Dates et al. v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Sexton, (Sexton Law Firm, LLC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney’s Office), Conyers, Nathan Stuckey, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0783

    Court affirms dismissal of injury claim due to insufficient ante litem notice

  • Rivera v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katie Borodin, Eliot Abt, (The Abt Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Angela Mattozzi, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0299

    Court reverses sexual exploitation conviction and remands for a new trial due to defendant's improper waiver of right to counsel, which was not done knowingly and intelligently

  • Bellagio Pools, LLC v. Marino et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashley Hughes, (Oliver Hughes LLC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Kolmel, (John B. Miller & Associates), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0220

    Court reverses and remands trial court's ruling against breach of contract claims in a pool construction dispute due to unsupported factual findings to support that ruling

  • Foreman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrian Patrick, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cheryl Hightower, Louie Fraser, (Assistant District Attonrey Dublin Judicial Circuit), Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0411

    Court vacates trial court's orders denying motions to plea in bar and remands cases for proper analysis of speedy trial claims and statute of limitations defenses

  • The State v. Rahaman

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0311

    Court affirms trial court's jurisdiction to vacate and re-enter an order denying a new trial and affirms conviction for simple battery over defendant's challenge to jury charges and trial procedures

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Harrison

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roosevelt Hamb, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Howard, (The Howard Law Firm), Tucker, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0090

    Court affirms denial of appellant's motion for JNOV or a new trial in a malicious prosecution case because appellant failed to provide a full record of the trial transcript

  • Gyllstrom et al. v. The Blue Stone Condominium Association, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Kimel, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, Julie Liberman, (Julie A. Liberman, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Pollock, Joanna Eljazzar, (Lazega & Johanson), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0550

    Court reverses dismissal of complaint in a dispute over a condominium Board's actions, finding that the Board had waived dispute resolution procedures by its action in declaring the matter closed

  • In the Interest of I. P. et al. (children).

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Gretchen Howard, (Jahn & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Marcea Flowers, Conyers, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, Sylvia Lester, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0162

    Court vacates juvenile court's dependency order due to failure to serve amended petition on the mother of the dependent children