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  • Nobles v. Bonney

    Publication Date: 2021-06-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Milam, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alina Krivitsky, (Worsham Corsi Scott & Dobur), Marietta, Z'a Williams, (The Law Office of Nancy W. Phillips), Atlanta, Dane Uhelski, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0243

    Court reverses trial court order and remands case for entry of a dismissal without prejudice rather than with prejudice where plaintiff failed to file a prior substitution

  • Williams v. Harvey et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction | Transportation
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William A. Erwin, (Powell & Erwin, P.C.), Camilla, Frank Mitchell Lowrey, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, W. Earl McCall, (McCall Williams, LLC), Albany, Henry E. Williams, (Henry Williams Law Office, LLC), Albany, Gregory Terrell Williams, (The Law Offices of Gregory Terrell Williams, LLC), Camilla, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, Jonathan Bradley Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Roger Edward Harris, Douglas Lee Clayton, (Swift Currie Mcghee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, Bruce Wheat Kirbo, Jr., (Kirbo & Kendrick), Bainbridge, for appellee. James E. Butler, Jr., Joel O. Wooten, Jr., Brandon Lee Peak, Rory A. Weeks, (Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer LLP), Columbus, Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., (Schreeder, Wheeler, & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S20G1121

    Contemporaneous Objection Required When Moving Party Believes Motion in Limine Has Been Violated During Closing Argument

  • McBride v. Kelly et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Jones, (Attorney at Law), Thomson, Glee Smith, (Attorney at Law), Warrenton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0502

    Court Erred in Entering Final Decree Adopting Special Master's Report Without Affording the Required Time to Reject or Modify Report

  • Davidson v. Lindfield Holdings, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Preston Haliburton, (Haliburton Law Firm), Atlanta, Edwin Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, William Davidson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Ayoub, Carolina Bryant, (Ayoub & Mansour LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0250

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Adopting Special Master's Finding in Quiet Title Dispute

  • Mancuso v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2021-06-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Mancuso, Conyers, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tangela Richmond, Marietta, Ethan Pham, (Nguyen & Pham LLC), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0629

    Party Claiming Excess Funds from Property Tax Sale Not Entitled to Jury Trial

  • Francis v. NR Deed, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-06-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neville Francis, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sams, (W. Shannon Sams Law, P.C.), Atlanta, John Ramsey, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0377

    Failure of Property Owner in Quiet Title Action to Appear at Status Conferences Was Willful; Notice of Right to Redeem Was Properly Posted on House

  • Rhoden v. Rhoden

    Publication Date: 2021-05-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petrona Rhoden, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carmen Rhoden, Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0210

    Trial Court Lacked Sufficient Evidence to Issue Protective Order

  • Mimbs v. Henry County Schools

    Publication Date: 2021-05-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Black, (Blue Sky Law), Atlanta, Angelina Whitaker, (Blue Sky Law), Smyrna, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William White, Matthew Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb, & White), McDonough, Megan Rittle, (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0327

    Teacher Filed Whistleblower Complaint Over a Year After Discovering Alleged Retaliation Against Her; Court Property Granted School Summary Judgment

  • Greenlee v. Tideback

    Publication Date: 2021-04-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Tillery, Jennifer Gibbs, (Jennifer J. Gibbs PC d/b/a Gibbs Law Firm), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melody Swilling, (Swilling Family Law Firm, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0622

    Court affirms denial of a petition to set aside provisions of a divorce decree, concluding that the trial court properly applied judicial estoppel in its decision

  • City of Atlanta, Georgia v. Penosky et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Courtney Ferrell, Thomas Reilly, William Smith, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Austin James, Monika Scott, (Fidelity National Law Group), Atlanta, Jeffrey Schneider, Brandon Arnold, (Weissman PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0031

    Court affirms dismissal of City's appeal in a trespass and nuisance action where the City unreasonably and inexcusably delayed filing the transcript of the trial