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  • Bellinger v. Thompson, Commissioner of Labor of The State of Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adrianne Freeman, (Georgia Legal Services Program), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, Savanah Bee Company, Inc, Savannah, for appellee; Charles Bliss, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Margaret Kinnear, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1272

    Unemployment Benefits Claimant's Appeal From Labor Department's Denial Notice Was Timely Filed Within 15 Days of Receipt of Notice

  • Smith v. Blackhall Real Estate, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-29
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Holm, (Blaska Holm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Maxwell Jonesl (Fellows LaBriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1144

    Court affirms arbitration award in an employment dispute between an attorney and the entity that hired him as in-house counsel

  • Georgia Department of Public Safety v. Justice

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ross Warren Bergethon, Katherine Powers Stoff, Bryan Keith Webb, Courtney C. Poole, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Francis Peil, (Huggins Peil, LLC), Evans, McCracken Poston, (Law Offices of McCracken Poston), Ringgold, John Joseph Czura, (John J. Czura PC), Evans, John P. Batson, (The Law Office of John P. Batson), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1170

    Court affirms that sovereign immunity was not waived in state trooper's breach-of-contract claims, but vacates a conclusion that Fair Labor Standards Act were part of an employment contract

  • Health Services of Central Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Wanna

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Brennan, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jared Miller, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Julia Magda, (Magda Law, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Cochran, Sarah Gordon, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Franklin Gaddy, (Martin Snow LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0909

    Court affirms mixed rulings in a contract and employment dispute between a physician and his employer, and remands attorney fees determination

  • North American Senior Benefits, LLC v. Wimmer et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-08
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Thaddeus Wilson, Zachary McEntyre, Valentin Leppert, Andrew Chinsky, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Mokotoff, Leslie Hartnett, (Ford & Harrison LLP), Atlanta, Abigail Larimer, (Mohawk Industries), Calhoun, Benjamin Fryer, Charlotte, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0162

    Court reverses its prior opinion and adopts Supreme Court ruling that restrictive covenants may be enforceable without express geographic terms if they are reasonable in time, area, and scope

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  • North American Senior Benefits, LLC v. Wimmer et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thaddeus David Wilson, Valentin Leppert, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey David Mokotoff, Leslie B. Hartnett, Laura T. Yellig, (Ford & Harrison, LLP), Atlanta, Justin Beecher Connell, (Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Meagan Myers Hanson, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, John Phillip Jett, Kevin Bradford Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G1146

    Georgia Supreme Court clarifies that restrictive covenants may be enforceable without express geographic terms if they are reasonable in time, area, and scope

  • Robinson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Radford, (Radford & Keebaugh), Decatur, Zachary Panter, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0729

    Court reverses denial of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits due to direct COVID-19 impact on petitioner's ability to maintain his employment

  • Hayes v. KSP Services, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Smith, Jeremy Pineres, James Adamoli, (W. Calvin Smith II PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Horowitz, J Vincent Lally, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0361

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in defendants' favor in a workers' compensation dispute and affirms denial of defendants' motion for discovery sanctions

  • Gee et al. v. Tyler & Company, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-07
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hawkins, (James W Hawkins LLC), Cumming, Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Bogan, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0551

    Court affirms jury verdict against former executive for breach of non-solicitation and confidentiality agreements

  • Wexler v. Bruce Thompson, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Radford, Zachary Panter, (Radford & Keebaugh), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Babcock, (Chief Legal Services), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0144

    Court reverses denial of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance due to erroneous work stoppage and payment determinations made by a hearing officer