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  • Buchanan v. Buchanan

    Publication Date: 2018-11-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Schrade, (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Johnnie Caldwell, (Caldwell & Irvin, Attorneys at Law, LLC), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1345

    Court Reverses Order Granting Motion to Enforce Settlement by Wife Seeking to Finalize Divorce Based on Handwritten Notes from Conversation With Her Husband

  • Homelife On Glynco, LLC et al. v. Gateway Center Commercial Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-19
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Roberts, (Roberts Tate, LLC), St. Simons Island, Brad Proctor, (Blueprint Construction Counsel, LLP), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Lutz, (Culhane Meadows, PLLC), St. Simons Island, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0860

    Successor owner of commercial property owed assessments to a management association under the terms of the association's original declaration.

  • White et al. v. Gens

    Publication Date: 2018-11-16
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Calhoun, (Brock, Clay, Calhoun & Rogers), Marietta, J. Gaba, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, Louis Fiorilla, (Burr & Forman, LLP), Atlanta, Monica Gilroy, (Gilroy Bailey Trumble LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Rusbridge, (Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0992

    Reformation of land title is appropriate where scrivener's error was the result of mutual mistake.

  • Jeschke et al. v. Turnstone Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-16
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Moore, (Frank X. Moore Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elina Brim, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee. Ean Kade Cullefer, (Georgia Chamber of Commerce), Atlanta, for amicus appellant.
    Case Number: A18A1175

    Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part Grant of Summary Judgment to Developer Opposing Challenge to Applicability of Covenants by Purchaser of Lots

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rachel Ackley, (Rachel Ackley Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Krull, (Solicitor-General), Douglasville, Michellle Dissman, (Cherokee County Solicitor-General's Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1196

    Court Affirms Conviction of Check Forger Who Claimed That He Did Not Know That Check Was Forged

  • Manners v. 5 Star Lodge and Stables, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Harper, Allen Lightcap, (Mayer & Harper, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Quinn, John Reale, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1227

    Court Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment in Favor of Lodge Owner in Dispute Over Accidental Shooting on the Premises

  • The Quarters Decatur, LLC v. The City of Decatur et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-12
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Wasmuth, Dennis Webb, Kathryn Zickert, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Quinn, Bryan Downs, (Wilson Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1063

    Court Reveres Dismissal of Mandamus Petition Seeking to Compel Review of Development Plans by City Planner

  • D. J. Powers Company, Inc. v. Peachtree Playthings, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-07
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas Laybourn, Savannah, Michelle Mejia, Arthur Purcell, (Sandler, Travis, & Rosenberg, P.A.), Chicago, New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert D'Cruz, (Baker Hostetler), Atlanta, Shama Barday, (Onetrust LLC), Atlanta, Anthony Decinque, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1305

    No recovery of damages under tort theories when economic losses are governed by a contract

  • In the Matter of Anthony Eugene Cheatham.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Eugene Cheatham, Acworth, for appellee. Trishanda L. Treadwell, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: S19Y0155

    Court Orders Disbarment of Attorney Who Used Client Funds for Real Estate Purchase for Personal Use

  • In the Matter of Richard Allen Hunt.

    Publication Date: 2018-11-06
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny K. Mittelman, Paula J. Frederick, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Michael Friedberg, (Stephen M. Friedberg, Atty at Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Adam Marshall Hames, (The Hames Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S19Y0099

    Court Orders Disbarment of Attorney Who Spent Funds Held in Trust for Minor Children