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  • Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. Drake

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Elizabeth Young, Bryan Webb, Russell Willard, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bowers, Lucas Boggs, (Johnson Marlowe LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0321

    Court vacates ruling affirming a UGA student's suspension and nullifying UGA Conduct Regulations, and remands matter with direction to reconsider student's self-defense claims

  • Sanchez Curtis et al. v. Roe

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Long, (Craig Long, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Neville, (Neville Law, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0297

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a seller in a failed real estate transaction but reverses attorney fees award for seller because underlying contract was void

  • Gee et al. v. Tyler & Company, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hawkins, (James W Hawkins LLC), Cumming, Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Bogan, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0551

    Court affirms jury verdict against former executive for breach of non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements

  • American Multi-Cinema, Inc. v. Gillis

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, Lauren Kamensky, Sarah Daley, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Richard Jenkins, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Morrow, for appellee; Lervette Blair, (Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0537

    Court reverses denial of a motion for summary judgment in a premises liability case because plaintiff had equal knowledge of an open and obvious hazard

  • Richardson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Lowe, (Assistant Public Defender), Ringgold, Jonathan Hamrick, (Cox Byington Twyman LLP), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Elisabeth Giuliani, (Floyd County District Attorney’s Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0602

    Court affirms conviction in family violence assault case, rejecting defendant's claims of hearsay and best evidence rule violations

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  • Cooper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Albert Myers, (Albert A. Myers III PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney’s Office), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0484

    Court affirms conviction for psssession of a firearm by a first offender probationer over defendant's claims of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • High West, LLC v. Reese

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Groth, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Suwanee, Eric Jorgensen, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Long, (Burrow & Associates, LLC), Duluth, Bethany Lavigno, (Bethany Lavigno, PC), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0201

    Court reverses denial of landlord's summary judgment motion in a premises liability case and rules that landlord not liable as an out-of-possession landlord under OCGA § 44-7-14

  • Anderson v. Kaye et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-19
    Practice Area: Contracts | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Breedlove, (The Breedlove Law Firm), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Kaye, (Manchel, Wiggins & Kaye, LLP), Atlanta, Blue Spruell, (The Outlaw Firm LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0056

    Court vacates and remands case involving attorney fees due to statute of limitations issue

  • Ebersole v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Baker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Acworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Patrick Shuler, (Hall County District Attorney’s Office), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0518

    Court affirms convictions in an attempted rape and aggravated assault case over defendant's challenges to admission of evidence and allegations of cumulative error

  • Pham et al. v. Buckhead Walk Association, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barash, (Law Office of Jonathan A. Barash), Atlanta, William Cromwell, (Carter Cromwell Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lori Christman, Louis Levenson, (Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0370

    Court vacates summary judgment order that had been in favor of a landlord in a dispossessory action for failure to hold an oral argument, notwithstanding withdrawal of request for argument