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  • Department of Transportation v. Szenczi et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Warren Power, (Power & Jaugstetter, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Warren Tillery, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1905

    Trial Court Erred by Granting Motion to Set Aside Final Judgment; Property Owner in Condemnation Proceeding Waived Issue of Proper Service

  • Mary Allen Realty & Management, LLC et al. v. Harris et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie Rowland, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jesse Harris, Arquavious Harris, Lawrenceville, Andria Cox, Lilburn, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0523

    Court Affirms Judgment in Tenants' Favor After Landlord's Pattern of Behavior Rises to a Breach of Implied Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment

  • Andriola v. Mounts

    Publication Date: 2020-05-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacqueline Fortier, (Garnett Harrison, P.C.), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark McManus, (McManus SE GA Law), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0726

    Trial Court Erred in Awarding Attorney Fees Incurred in Defending Contempt Action Without Specifying Statutory Basis or Stating Factual Findings

  • The Rainmaker Group Ventures, LLC v. Bellack

    Publication Date: 2020-05-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Consulting | Software
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Horst, Christopher Adams, Joshua McLaurin, (Krevolin & Horst, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cammi Jones, (FisherBroyles LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1093

    Under Delaware Law, Implied Good Faith Covenant Could Not Be Invoked to Override Express Provisions in Contract

  • Kasper et al. v. Judy Martin et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holle Weiss-Friedman, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Frances Dyal, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Penny Hannah, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, John Rivers, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Denise Esserman, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, Melissa Cruthirds, (Compass Law Group, LLC), ST Simons Island, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0244

    Court rules that superior court erred in dismissing child custody action for lack of jurisdiction

  • Carruthers v. Chan

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Hawbaker, (Law Office of Donald F. Hawbaker), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Goldberg, (Attorney at Law), Williamson, Daniel Campen, (Robert M. Goldberg & Associates, P.C.), Peachtree City, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0167

    Court reverses award of attorney's fees against an individual that was not served or made a party to a petition for domestication, but affirms the order granting that petition.

  • Cowart v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Lina, (Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, David Fried, (Fried & Bonder LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Powell, Jay Crowley, (Powell & Edwards), Lawrenceville, Wesley Ross, (Webb, Tanner & Powell), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2318

    Court vacates contempt order and remands case for determination of subject matter jurisdiction in multi-year litigation over a land easement

  • SRM Group, Inc. v. Travelers Property Casualty Co. of America

    Publication Date: 2020-05-14
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Frederick Schoenthaler, Neill Kinnett Wright, Ann Reinig Emery, (Schoenthaler Law Group), Atlanta, Josephine Elizabeth Graddy, (Graddy Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William E. Turnipseed, David M. Gram, (Savell & Williams), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G0473

    Counterclaimant Asserting Independent Counterclaim May Also Seek Attorney Fees and Expenses

  • Patricia Duffy v. Stephen Sanders

    Publication Date: 2020-05-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Orion Webb, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0383

    Wife's Failure to File a Discretionary Application in Divorce Action Deprives the Appeals Court of Jurisdiction Over Appeal

  • Schuman v. Georgia Department of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McIlvaine, (Williams Litigation Group, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta Jennifer Mock, (The Mock Law Firm, LLC), Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth Penland, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1924

    Court reverses dismissal of petition seeking review of including a petitioner's name on a child abuse registry