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  • WW3 Ventures, LLC v. The Bank of New York Mellon As Successor Trustee Under Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust Series 2006-2

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Ayoub, Carolina Bryant, (Ayoub & Mansour LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Gilroy, (The Gilroy Firm), Atlanta, Matthew Totten, (The Totten Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; James Blum, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0719

    Court affirms that a bidder for a lien on property took title to the property subject to a mortgagor's security interest where security deed did not include a witness attestation

  • Nix v. Scarbrough

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Metts, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, Kenneth Johnson, (Johnson Kraeuter, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Molly Howard, (Howard & Whatley, P.C.), Savannah, Andrew Wilkes, Irving Drought, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee; Susan Cox, (Susan W. Cox, LLC); Peachtree Corners, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0790

    Court upholds decision to compel arbitration and an arbitration award in a divorce case despite allegations of breach of an arbitration agreement and contentions of arbitrator bias

  • Dekalb County School District et al. v. Dekalb Agriculture Technology and Environment, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Jolliffe, (Hall Booth Smith), Athens, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, Melanie Slaton, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Russell Britt, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Fortson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin), Atlanta, Peter Farley, (McGuire Woods LLP), Atlanta, Heidi Siegmund, (McGuire Woods LLP), Richmond, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0787

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of charter schools and against a School District, finding that the schools' claims sounded in breach of contract and were not barred by sovereign immunity

  • Elements Distribution, LLC v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-12-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Church, (The Church Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Brandon Delfunt, (Gwinnett County District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0842

    Court reverses trial court's denial of a petition to return products containing delta-8-THC and delta-10-THC, where those products were seized pursuant to an invalid warrant

  • Felts et al. v. Thaxton

    Publication Date: 2023-11-30
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Huestis, Amy BeMent, (Blasingame Burch Garrard & Ashley, PC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Camp, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Susanne Burton, Lexington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0662

    Court affirms in part and reverses in part a directed verdict against a party's challenge to an annuity beneficiary change, finding that the jury should evaluate an undue influence claim

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  • Knight v. Senoia Raceway Management, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Phillips, (Law Office of Johnny Phillips), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lonnie Haralson, (Lonnie J. Haralson, IV P.C.), Lagrange, Melissa McMullen, Brian Neary, (Webb, Zschunke, Neary, Dikeman, LLP), Atlanta, Andrei Ionescu, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0878

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a raceway in a personal injury case, finding that race participant assumed the risk of injury and rejecting his other supporting claims

  • Suresh & Durga, Inc. v. Jane Doe

    Publication Date: 2023-11-30
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Harris, Kori Wagner, (Swift, Currie Mcghee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick McDonough, Tyler Dillard, Jonathan Tonge, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0942

    Court affirms denial of motel's motion for summary judgment in a premises liability case involving sex trafficking, finding material questions of fact as to foreseeability, duty of care, and causation

  • Champion v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Sirianni, George Thomas, (Brownstone PA), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christian Brown, Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney’s Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0887

    Court affirms convictions for identity fraud, forgery, and other charges over defendant's contentions ion insufficient evidence, improper admission of evidence, and ineffective assistance

  • Berrian v. Max Grin, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal Graham, (Graham Law LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Callie Bryan, Sydney Solomon, (Jones Cork & Miller, LLP), Macon, for appellee; Thomas Sippel, McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0754

    Court affirms summary judgment for an entertainment complex in in a slip and fall finding that the complex complied with the Roller Skating Safety Act of 1993

  • McCloud v. Lowndes County Board of Commissioners et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley Robinson, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P. C.), Valdosta, for appellee; Jeremy Willis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman), Valdosta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0683

    Court vacates sovereign-immunity based dismissal of personal injury lawsuit against a Lowndes County employee and remands for clarification of procedural and evidentiary matters