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  • Coe et al. v. Proskauer, LLP

    Publication Date: 2023-05-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry MacDougald, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & Deloach, LLP), Atlanta, Jeven Sloan, (Deary Ray LLP), Dallas, W. Canada, John McKenzie, David Deary, (Loewinsohn Flegle Deary Simon, LLP), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Morris, (Akerman LLP), Atlanta, Shari Klevens, (Dentons US LLP), Washington, Mark Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, David Lederkramer, (Proskauer Rose), New York, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0142

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated its prior opinion regarding expiration of the statute of limitations and remanded the case to the trial court

  • Ellis v. Seaver

    Publication Date: 2023-04-20
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Ellis, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Diana Young, (Young Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Tatyana Ellis, Cumming, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0125

    Trial Court Lacked Authority to Impose Attorney Fee Award Against Non-Party

  • The State et al. v. SASS Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Government
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Tina Michelle Piper, Cristina Maria Correia, Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Daniel Church, (The Church Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, Page Anthony Pate, (Pate, Johnson & Church, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, , Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Winder, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S22A1243

    Suit For Declaratory Relief Naming Both State and County District Attorney as Defendants Was Barred by Sovereign Immunity

  • Pickens County v. Talking Rock Bluffs, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillp Friduss, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Nicholas Kinsley, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Scoggins, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Jeremy Underwood, Kenneth Kincaid, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1253

    Court affirms denial of a motion to dismiss a complaint for declaratory judgment that challenged the denial of a party's petition for rezoning

  • American Plumbing Professionals, Inc. v. Servestar, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Ratchick, (Chamberlain Hrdlicka), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Keeney, Samuel Richards, (Adams and Reese LLP), Atlanta, Edmund Whitson, (Adams and Reese LLP), Tampa, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0451

    Court vacates a trial court order that had found a non-compete covenant to be unenforceable because trial court did not have jurisdiction to enter that order

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  • Lewis v. Gwinnett County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Michael Watson, (Watson Law Firm), Atlanta, Ibrahim Awad, (The Awad Law Firm, P.C.), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuwanda Williams, Melanie Jean-Noel, (Gwinnett County Law Department), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Nicole Stout, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Elise Wilson, (Strawinski & Stout, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1246

    Emergency COVID-19 Court Order Tolled Time For Providing Ante Litem Notice to County of Negligence Action

  • Sophia Williams v. Abebe Sandy Ventures, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randy Williams, Patrick Calvo, (Williams Law Group of Georgia, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne Kendall, (Wayne B. Kendall P.C.), Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1200

    Court reverses denial of a motion for default in a dispute between a tenant and landlord where tenant had properly served the landlord under OCGA §9-11-14(e)(1)

  • Smith et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Anulewicz, Patrick Silloway, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, Douglas McMillan, (Shingler & McMillan LLC), Donalsonville, Eric Gay, (Law Office of Eric L. Gay, LLC), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Forehand, (Davis & Forehand), Cordele, Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, Douglas Dean, (Lawson & Reid), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1455

    Court affirms order denying a motion to dismiss an asset forfeiture case because underlying complaint met all pleading requirements

  • Burch v. Marta et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Smith, Brent McIntosh, (W. Calvin Smith, II, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicole Shockley, (Marta), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1655

    Court affirms denial of a motion to set aside a summary judgment order where service was made but recipient mistakenly did not see a summary judgment motion

  • Alli v. Ultra Group of Companies, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Hoopes, Justyn Alioto, Timothy Walls, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Merbaum, Andrew Becker, (Merbaum & Becker, P.C.), Alpharetta, Joshua Belinfante, Alexander Denton, Melanie Johnson, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1706

    Lottery Commission Does Not Have Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Lawsuits Filed Between Coin-Operated Amusement Machine Licensees