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  • PNC Bank NA v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2016-04-06
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter H. Bush Jr., Francisco X. Balderas, and Christopher B. Freeman Carlton Fields Jorden Burt PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Curtis J. Romig, Edwin M. Cook, and Leah F. McNeill Bryan Cave LLP, Atlanta. Elizabeth L. Clack-Freeman, Robert M. Reeves, and Robert D. Thomas Andersen, Tate Carr PC, Duluth, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: John A. Christy, Scott D. McAlpine Schreeder, Wheeler Flint LLP, Kyler L. Wise Wilson Brock Irby LLC, Louis G. McBryan McBryan LLC, Atlanta, Bruce M. Edenfield, Dahlonega, and Jesse L. Vaughn Vaughn Clements PC, Calhoun.
    Case Number: S15Q1445

    A lender's compliance with the requirements contained in Georgia's foreclosure confirmation statute, O.C.G.A. § 44-14-161, is a condition precedent to the lender's ability to pursue a guarantor for

  • RZI Props. LLC v. Southern REO Assocs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-04-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanley Kreimer, Atlanta, and Lawrence Morton, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Neil Wilcove Freeman, Mathis Gary LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A2090

    A genuine issue of material fact remained in the plaintiff's suit alleging that a real estate brokerage firm breached a duty to perform ministerial acts with reasonable care, and the trial court th

  • Raw Props. Inc. v. Lawson

    Publication Date: 2016-04-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McMillian, Carla W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Blazer and John Robinson Robinson Blazer LLP, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Johnson, Chief Assistant County Attorney, John Jones, Assistant County Attorney, and Bennett Bryan DeKalb County Law Department, Decatur, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A1747

    Sovereign immunity barred the plaintiff's claims against a tax commissioner and the county arising out of a tax sale of the plaintiff's property, and the plaintiff did not meet its burden of proof t

  • Atlanta Dev. Auth. v. Clark Atlanta Univ. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-03-16
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy E. Hadley Jr., James C. Fox II, John L. Watkins, and Garrett A. Nail Thompson Hine LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derin B. Dickerson, Bernard Taylor, and Jenny A. Mendelsohn Alston Bird LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1684

    A deed transferring property from a university to a college for charitable purposes did so in the form of a fee simple determinable estate, and the university therefore had a valid reversionary inte

  • Ames v. JP Morgan Chase Bank NA

    Publication Date: 2016-03-15
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon B. McPhail, Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David M. Pernini, Dustin S. Sharpes Wargo French LLP, Dallas R. Ivey, and Kimberly A. R. Weber Aldridge Pite LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Amicus Appellees: Peter L. Lublin and Bret J. Chaness Rubin Lublin LLC, Peachtree Corners.
    Case Number: S15G1007

    The debtors lacked standing to challenge the validity of the assignment of the security deed to their residential property, which they executed in favor of the defendant's predecessor in int

  • Essien v. CitiMortgage Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-03-02
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ellington, John J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grady Roberts Roberts Law LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Howell Hall, Brian Klein Pendergast Associates PC, Erin Howell, and Louis Fiorilla Burr Forman LLP, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A0062

    The appeal from the grant of summary judgment to a bank and a law firm on the plaintiff's claim for wrongful foreclosure was frivolous, and the Court imposed sanctions against the plaintiff's co

  • Niloy Rohan LLC v. Sechler

    Publication Date: 2016-03-01
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeremy Littlefield and Craig Kunkes Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Joiner Mitchell Shapiro LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1987

    The trial court erred in finding that, although the defendant breached his contractual and fiduciary duties to the plaintiff, the plaintiff failed to prove it actually suffered da

  • TDGA LLC v. CBIRA LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-02-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John A. B. Ayoub and Carolina D. Bryant Ayoub Mansour LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Robert J. Proctor, Atlanta. Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Julie A. Jacobs, Assistant Attorney General, Brittany H. Bolton Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, Chris Burns CBIRA LLC, Ken Martasin Pine Crossing Office Park Condo. Ass'n Inc., and Patricia West Westward Assocs. Inc., Cumming, for appellees.
    Case Number: S15A1638

    Sovereign immunity bars conventional actions for quiet where the State of Georgia asserts an interest in the property at issue, but sovereign immunity does not bar in rem actions for quiet

  • Hamilton State Bank v. Kelly Capital Invs. LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-01-28
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Ray, William M.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Anulewicz, James Hollis, Jamie Cohen, Walter Jones, and Matthew Ames Balch Bingham LLP, Atlanta, for Hamilton State Bank. Andrew Lavoie and David Flint Schreeder, Wheeler Flint LLP, Atlanta, for Kelly Capital Investments.
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    Case Number: A15A1234; A15A1293

    The trial court erred in concluding that the underlying forbearance agreement could be reformed under the doctrine of mutual mistake, because a question of material fact remained as to whether the p

  • Rymer v. Polo Golf Country Club Homeowners Ass'n Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-12-23
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Teague and Keisha M. Chambless Teague Chambless LLP, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: . William Dinges, Jason Schwartz Temple, Strickland, Dinges Schwartz, Atlanta, Elina Brim, and John Lueder Lueder, Larkin Hunter LLC, Alpharetta, for appellee. Other party representation: Paul Frickey and Kenneth Jarrard Jarrard Davis LLP, Cumming.
    Case Number: A15A1167

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendant homeowners association on the plaintiffs' claim for breach of legal duty based on a voluntary undertaking, as a genuine issue of m