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  • In Re Declaration of Judicial Emergency.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Wayne Brown, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, Tameka Haynes, (Frails & Wilson), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Long, (TuckerLong, P.C.), Augusta, Carl Brown, Augusta, for appellee. David E. Hudson, David Hudson, Augusta, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A0081

    Court dismisses City's appeal of an emergency judicial order because the court has no jurisdiction to consider the appeal

  • Davis v. City of Valdosta

    Publication Date: 2021-01-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Peterman, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Thagard, Halton Albritton, (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton LLP), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1794

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury lawsuit against a City because plaintiff's ante litem notice did not include a claim for a specific amount of damages

  • Rice et al. v. Fulton County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, (Knight Palmer, LLC), Atlanta, Ranse Partin, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Colin Delaney, Anthony Rollins, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, Robin Burnette, (Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Cheryl Ringer, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Burwell, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Jeffrey Haymore, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Anamaria Hazard, Reginald Martin, (City of Atlanta, Law Department), Atlanta, C. Thomas, Michael Stacy, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, Ken Jarrard, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Patrick Stough, E. Cox, Dennis Davenport, (McNally, Fox, Grant & Davenport, P.C.), Fayetteville, Richard Lindsey, (Lindsey Law Firm PC), Peachtree City, Winston Denmark, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Emilia Walker, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, John O'Neal, (Clayton County Boad of Commisioners), Jonesboro, Valorri Jones, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Christa Freeman, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Huening, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Germain, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, William Turner, (Turner & Ross, LLC), Marietta, Daniel Lee, (Attorney For The City of Sandy Springs), Sandy Springs, Matthew Weiss, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, Brad Bowman, Decatur, Chad Alexis, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, Ernest Bennett, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, David Davidson, Robert Hulsey, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Lajuana Ransaw, Andrew Welch, Priya Patel, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1898

    Taxpayers Stated Class Action Claim Under Tax Refund Statute For Allegedly Illegal Assessments

  • Coin-Op Solutions, LLC v. Norcross Convenience, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Hawkins, (Law Firm GC (Hawkins), LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Kushner, Joseph Hart, (Fellows LaBriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1550

    Court vacates a superior court order in a lottery machine dispute because licensee failed to follow the proper Georgia Lottery Corporation dispute appeal procedures

  • Georgia Department of Public Safety v. Ragsdale

    Publication Date: 2020-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bunner, Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Silverbach, James Watson, (The Silverbach Group), Kennesaw, for appellee. Gary Morris, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, Keith Moffett, (Chief Administrative Officer), Jackson, Kristin Hall, (The Law Office of Sharon Chester Barnes), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1220

    Court determines that the provisions of OCGA §9-3-99 do not toll the time for filing an ante litem notice against a municipality under the Tort Claims Act

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  • Jordan et al v. Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division

    Publication Date: 2020-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cale Conley, James Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Isaac Byrd, Isaac Byrd, Margaret Eckrote, (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta, Christopher Held, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1253

    Court dismisses appeal of the dismissal of a complaint against a state administrative agency because the appellants failed to file an application for the appeal

  • The State v. Copeland

    Publication Date: 2020-12-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S20A0820

    Trial Court's Grant of Immunity to Police Officers Was Based on Factual Findings Not Consistent With Legal Conclusions

  • Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company v. City of College Park et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Friedman, Christopher Meeks, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen Woodward, (Cruser & Mitchell, LLP), Norcross, Alwyn Fredericks, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, Maxwell Thelen, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Reginald McClendon, (Lister & Holt, LLC), Jonesboro, Alisha Wyatt-Bullman, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for Other party.
    Case Number: A20A1104

    Court affirms higher $5 million liability insurance limit in wrongful death action against a city and rejects insurer's argument for a lower limit per contractual exclusion

  • Barnes et al. v. Bearden et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Education Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Goodmark, (GLF), Decatur, Gerald Weber, (Law Offiecs of Gerry Weber, LLC), Atlanta, Philip Hostak, (National Education Association), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Smith, Phillip Hartley, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, Ross Bergethon, Josiah Heidt, Christopher Carr, Annette Cowart, Russell Willard, Susan Haynes, Andrew Pinson, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1041

    Court rules that a former teacher's request for an injunction and reinstatement were not barred by official immunity and that her complaint did not fail to state a claim

  • Clay v. Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Clay, Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Buckley, Kelly Christopher, (Buckley Christopher & Haff, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Laurel Henderson, (The Balch Law Group), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1320

    Court dismisses appellant's direct appeal because it lacked jurisdiction, as appellant was required to file an application for a discretionary appeal in the matter