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  • 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

  • Thompson et al. v. Branch Banking & Trust Company

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hays McQueen, (James Bates Brannan Groover LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marcia Guinyard, (The Fuller Law Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2079

    Creditor's Lengthy Inaction Precluded Granting Motion for Default of Consent Order

  • State of Georgia v. Crowder

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Baker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, John Fowler, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, Tasha Mosley, Tracy Lawson, (District Attorney), Jonesboro, Charles Brooks, Yolanda McKenney, (Office of the Solicitor General of Clayton County), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jimmy Berry, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Glenn Loewenthal, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Lisa Wells, (Office of the District Attorney- Clayton County), Jonesboro, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A18A2113

    In Rem Forfeiture Complaint May Be Served By Publication When Interest Holder Resides Out of State

  • Capehart v. Mitchell et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Greer, (VanLanduyt Giles Greer, LLC), Decatur, Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Melinda Pillow, (Law Office of Melinda C. Pillow LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1697

    Court dismisses appeal to an order setting aside a child custody arrangement because it lacked appellate jurisdiction over the appeal.

  • Woods v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S21A0115

    Court Lacks Subject Matter Jurisdiction Over Challenges to the Correctness of its Previous Decisions; Appellant's Equal Protection Argument Does Not Invoke Court's Appellate Jurisdiction

  • Ali v. ESA Management, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamruddin Ali, Ocoee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glenn Bass, Rachel Goldberg, (Scrudder Bass Quillian Horlock Taylor & Lazarus LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1694

    Court affirms trial court order dismissing complaint due to plaintiff's failure to diligently effect service of process

  • 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

  • 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

  • Callicott v. Scott et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Malone, (Nelson Mulins Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Michael Orr, (Dawson Orr), Jacksonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1366

    Minority Shareholder Was Required to Bring a Derivative Action Against Other Shareholders Because She Did Not Suffer a Special Injury

  • Griffin v. Trinidad et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan Tucker, (Alan David Tucker, Esq. P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Estenes, (Progressive Casualty Insurance Company), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1064

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury lawsuit because plaintiff did not exercise sufficient due diligence to accomplish service on defendants in a timely manner