• Kunkel et al. v. Hillman

    Publication Date: 2024-08-12
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfred Malena, (The Malena Law Firm, LLC), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Strickland, John McCall, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0515

    Court reverses denial of motion to add a party to a breach of contract complaint and vacates summary judgment as to a personal defendant

  • Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool v. Carpet Cycle, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-12
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Gorby, Amy Burns, Whitney Arp, (Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine Koura, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, George Waters, (Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Marion Waters, Alexis West, (Eraclides Gelman Hall Indek Goodman & Waters LLC), Lawrenceville, Barton Solomon, (McMahan Law Firm), Dalton, for appellee; Amy Urban, (Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0103

    Court affirms and partially reverses decisions involving insurance insolvency pool reimbursement claims and remands for review of constitutional due process issues

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Russell Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Faith Donnell Worley, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0333

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes relating to the death of a three-year old disabled child

  • Christopher Massey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: A. James Rockefeller, (Rockefeller Law Center), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bradford Lee Rigby, Lauren Warbington Fletcher, (Cordele Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cordele, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0131

    Court vacates trial court order prohibiting a convicted defendant from possessing a firearm and remands case for reconsideration in light of new U.S. Supreme Court precedent

  • Sneed v. Place At Midway, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carson Jeffries, David Carter, Dara Jeffries, (Carter Jeffries, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Manfredi, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker), Atlanta, for appellee; Jeffrey Raasch, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0343

    Court partially reverses dismissal of tenant's personal injury claims but affirms dismissal of contract-based claims due to a one-year time bar in her lease agreement

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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

  • Brown et al. v. Green Growth 2, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauncey Barnwell, (Chauncey Napoleon Brown Barnwell, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elsie Chisholm, Lucas Bradley, Gregroy Finch, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, Chase Lyndale, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0270

    Court vacates and remands summary judgment order in quiet title action due to death of an adverse claimant party

  • Victory Media Group LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Advertising
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Lemond, Edward Web, (Webb, Klase & Lemond, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Helen O’Leary, Amy Patterson, (Georgia Law Department), Atlanta, Denise Weiner, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0100

    Court affirms DOT's denial of an application for a permit for a multiple message sign, which sign was prohibited by OCGA § 32-6-75 (c) (1) (C)

  • In re: Estate of Lillian Knight, Deceased

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, Larry Overman, (Overman & Overman LLC), Fayetteville, Kelly Freyer, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Sumner, (Sumner/Meeker, LLC), Newnan, for appellant; David Ballard, (Ballard Law Office, LLC), Fayetteville, Robert Ruppenthal, (Robert A. Ruppenthal, P.C.), Fayetteville, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0288

    Court reverses probate court decision that funds in joint accounts were estate assets in an estate dispute due to lack of clear and convincing evidence of intent of testator