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  • Evonne Brooks et al. v. Quinlan et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Long, (Craig Long, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert Myers, (Al Myers Law, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1683

    Court affirms LLC member's motion to realign parties and disqualify counsel in a derivate action dispute

  • Columbia Brookhaven, LLC v. DeKalb County Board of Tax Assessors

    Publication Date: 2020-03-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Bryan, Terri Gordon, Matthew Welch, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1815

    Significant Increase In Sales Price of Similar Properties Did Not Justify Upward Reassessment of Property Value

  • Rouse v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2020-03-06
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Blum, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Wright, Donavan Eason, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1737

    Court reverses summary judgment motion that had been entered in the City's favor on a land devaluation claim over a submerged sewage pipe.

  • Ridley v. Dolgencorp, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-03-05
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate | Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Rhodes, (Rhodes Law, P.C.), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Wyrick, Adam Schmidt, (The Law Offices of McLaughlin, Ream & Wyrick), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2235

    Shopper Who Stumbled Over Concrete Paving Abutment Failed to Exercise Reasonable Care

  • Floyd et al. v. Chapman

    Publication Date: 2020-02-06
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Murphy, (Kimmey & Murphy, P.C), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: William Hardman, (William S. Hardman, P.C.), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2137

    Trial Court Erred in Ordering Property Owners to Remove Utility Lines or Obtain an Easement to Keep Them in Place

  • Georgia Carry.Org, Inc. et al. v. The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-27
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (Attorney at Law), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Brown, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Henry Chalmers, Andrew Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory), Atlanta, Peter Canfield, Brian Lea, (Jones Day), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A17A1639

    Private entity's ability to ban firearms on its premises depends on the nature of its leasehold estate in those premises as defined in the terms of the lease.

  • First Communities Management, Inc. v. Holmes

    Publication Date: 2020-01-27
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alfreda Williams, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1829

    Management company was entitled to summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case because claimant's speculation did not show that a hazardous condition existed.

  • Khalia, Inc. v. Rosebud

    Publication Date: 2020-01-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glenn Bass, Molly Moyer, (Scrudder Bass Quillian Horlock Taylor & Lazarus), Atlanta, Michael Rafi, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1891

    Court affirms premises liability award because property manager failed to preserve the matter for appeal, and the evidence supported it.

  • In the Matter of Carla Burton Gaines.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-07
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carla Burton Gaines, (Law Firm of Gaines and Associates PC), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Trishanda L. Treadwell, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19Y1471

    Disbarment Appropriate Sanction For Attorney Who Stole Money, Acted Dishonestly, and Defaulted in Disciplinary Proceeding

  • Enlow v. Enlow

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Deals and Transactions | Family Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis Cohan, Michelle Wein, Ellis Liu, (Cohan Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glen Enlow, Wrightsville, for appellee. John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1074

    Court vacates summary judgment and rules that the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act may be used to set aside a voidable transfer in a divorce decree