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  • Razi v. Burns

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Freeman, (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City, Janise Miller, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalonda Burns, Fontana, for appellee. Sally Fox, (Fox Legal, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1936

    Court affirms order dismissing father's jurisdictional challenge to Georgia court's authority to modify an out-of-state child custody order.

  • Carly Ray Industries, Inc. et al. v. Mays

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Romero Pearson, (Pearson Law Group, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Reginald Greene, (Greene Legal Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1726

    Court affirms denial of employer's directed verdict motion in former employee's lawsuit for malicious prosecution and other torts.

  • Daily Underwriters of America v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury | Transportation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Estes, (Dennis, Corry, Smith & Dixon, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derek Nuce, (Singleton, Pasley & Nuce, LLC), Thomaston, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2101

    Joinder of Interstate Motor Carrier's Insurer as Defendant in Underlying Tort Action Was Authorized Under State Statute

  • Vickery Falls, LLC v. ASIH, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-06
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon David Huffman, Michael McGuffee, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Klein, (Rountree & Leitman, LLC), Atlanta, Alexandra Dishun, (Locke Lord LLP), Atlanta, Robert Solomon, (Solomon | Baggett, LLC), Duluth, for appellee
    Case Number: A19A2366

    In Trespass Action Regarding Multi-Use Property, a Compensable Injury can Exist Even With the Increase in Price Based on Market Fluctuations

  • Department of Transportation v. Szenczi et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Warren Power, (Power & Jaugstetter, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Warren Tillery, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1905

    Motion to Set Aside Does Not Save Property Owner's Failure to Plead Improper Service of Petition for Condemnation and Declaration of Taking in Untimely Notice of Appeal

  • Williams v. City of Douglasville et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wesley Woolverton, (Woolverton Law Firm), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lois Gerstenberger, (Lois W. Gerstenberger, P.C.), Douglasville, Joel Dodson, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2087

    Certiorari Proceedings Are Amendable at Any Stage; Court Should Have Allowed Petitioner to Amend Her Petition Once She Posted a Valid Bond

  • St. Francis Health, LLC v. Weng

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Martin, James Brooks, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Lauren Dimitri, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derrell Dowdell, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee. Eric Frisch, Jasper Abbott, (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, Roger Harris, (SWIFT, CURRIE Mcghee & HIERS, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2082

    Trial Court Improperly Allowed Medical Malpractice Plaintiff to Amend Complaint to Add St. Francis Health as a New Defendant; Claims Are Barred by Statute of Limitations

  • Richards et al. v. Bose et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Butler, (Ellis Painter Ratteree & Adams), Savannah, Kevin Tallant, Jonah Howell, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Teague, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Keisha Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless), Cumming, Jeffrey Schneider, (Weissman, P.C.), Atlanta, Larry Oldham, (Larry C. Oldham, P.C.), Cumming, Vinay Bose, Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: A19A2076

    Because Proper Service Had Not Yet Occurred, Trial Court Erred in Concluding That Defendants Were in Default

  • Anderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Javories Anderson, (Ware State Prison), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bradley, (District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Milledgeville, Jeff Burks, (District Ocumulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1971

    Appellant Did Not Have a Full and Fair Opportunity to Pursue His Motion for an Out-of-Time Appeal Before the Trial Court

  • Ultra Group of Companies, Inc. v. Inam International, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Oliver, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Hoopes, Timothy Walls, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2063

    After Dismissing Petition, Superior Court Did Not Have the Power to Adopt Final Arbitration Award as its Own Judgment