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  • Optum Construction Group, LLC et al. v. City Electric Supply Company

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Kent, (Fox Rothschild LLP), Atlanta, Dorothy Cornwell, (Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Van De Water, (Isenberg & Hewitt), Atlanta, for appellee. James Weston, (Trotter Jones LLP), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1010

    Court reverses summary judgment order in favor of a materialman's lien because of an outstanding issue of material fact over existence of a contractual relationship

  • Wilkes 581 Farms, LLC v. McAvoy

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: M Eberhardt, (Eberhardt & Hale, LLP), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles LeGette, (Attorney at Law), Washington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1225

    Court reverse trial court ruling and determines that no prescriptive easement had been established over a landowner's property

  • Spruell v. Spruell

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark McManus, (McManus SE GA Law), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1007

    Court reverses and vacates certain aspects of a divorce and custody decree due to trial court's due process omissions and other errors

  • Atlanta Women's Specialists, LLC et al. v. Trabue et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Flint, Michael David Flint, Jamie Lee Kastler, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sims Stone, (Law Offices of William S. Stone), Blakely, Michael George Regas, (Stone Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Ryals Drayton Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, James William Stone, (The Stone Law Group – Trial Lawyers, LLC), Blakely, Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Keri Fielder Conley, (Georgia Hospital Association), Marietta, Donald J. Palmisano, Jr., (Medical Association of Georgia), Atlanta, Tracy Morgan Baker, (Wellstar Health System, Inc.), Marietta, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Amy W. Adelman, (Emory University), Atlanta, David Christopher Hanson, Jessica To Holland, Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington McGrew, P.C.), Atlanta, William Thomas Worthy, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, Elizabeth McFall Leddy , (Piedmont Healthcare, INC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Colin Dang Delaney, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Daniel James Huff, Taylor Marie Tribble, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19G1138

    Personal Injury Defendants Seeking Appportionment For Nonparty's Conduct Should Have Filed Pretrial Notice of Nonparty Fault

  • Watson v. Dana

    Publication Date: 2020-10-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Rhodes, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Mayers, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1352

    Questions of Fact Exist as to Rental Home Owner's Responsibility for Maintaining the Yard and Her Constructive Knowledge of Hazard That Caused Injury

  • ABH Corporation et al. v. Montgomery

    Publication Date: 2020-10-13
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Luskin, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Haynes, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vicky Templeton, Powder Springs, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0854

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment in a premises liability action where property owner did not have superior knowledge of criminal activity

  • Stanton v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2020-09-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Travel and Tourism
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Wilson, Adam Princenthal, (Princenthal & May, LLC), Sandy Springs, Kyle Moore, (Law Office of Kyle M. Moore), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Myers, (Myers & Stroberg), Gainesville, for appellee. Stephen Schatz, Sean Farrell, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0816

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury car accident case because the State did not have personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant

  • Havenbrook Homes, LLC et al. v. Infinity Real Estate Investments, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan Ness, Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Snow, Carrie Moss, (Bendin Sumarall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Jeffrey Brown, (Brown & Adams, LLC), Columbus, Stephen Dermer, (Dermer Appel Ruder, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellee. TMC Services, LLC c/o Terry Clayton, Covington, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1057

    Property Owner Not Third Party Beneficiary of Construction Contract Between Property Manager and Contractor

  • Synovus Bank v. Kelley

    Publication Date: 2020-09-21
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Allen Garland, Stephan Alan Ray, (Moore, Clarke, Duvall And Rodgers P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter W. Kelley, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Albany, Thomas Dozier Lovett, Thomas Dozier Lovett, (Kelley, Lovett, Blakey & Sanders, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Q0843

    Judgment Creditor's Lien on Debtor's Real Property Was Not Created Until Judgment Was Recorded

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, N. A. v. Delpiano et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-16
    Practice Area: Creditors' and Debtors' Rights | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A20A1084

    Court reverses denial of bank's motion for summary judgment in a case seeking reformation of a deed and remands for further proceedings