• Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, Peachtree City, Timothy King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Megan Martin, Patrick Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Mawuli Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC), Decatur, Maryum Jordan, (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), Washington, for AM.

    Case Number: A21A0734

    Court affirms trial court holding that an individual's lawsuit for injunctive relief over removal of a Confederate monument is barred by sovereign immunity.

  • Doe v. Vest Monroe, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Bonder, Joseph White, (730 Peachtree Street, NE), Atlanta, Roy Kelly, Caitlin Derst, (Kelly & Kelly LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kimberly Woodland, Kathleen Broyles, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0605

    Court reverses denial of a motion for class certification in a case involving unauthorized disclosure of more 1,415 patient medical treatment records

  • Whitaker Farms, LLC v. Fitzgerald Fruit Farms, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Damages | Evidence
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, Nathan Lee, (Glover & Davis, P.A.), Newnan, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Edwin Page, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nowell Berreth, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Max Marks, (The Block Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0438

    Court affirms punitive damages and fee awards for a lessee of farm property after a successor lessor locked the lessee out of the property with malice and in bad faith

  • Ridley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Howard, (Howard Law Group), Douglasville, Brandon Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, Colleen Hampton, (Paulding County Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0333

    Court vacates an order excluding evidence of pending criminal charges against an investigator in a child molestation case and remands correct Rule 403 analysis

  • Green et al. v. Pinnix et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellee; Georgia Hospital Association, Inc. et al., Atlanta, Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A0547

    Court reverses an order finding that a defendant had violated HIPAA, concluding that the transmission of medical records to a treating doctor was not a HIPAA violation

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  • In the Interest of K. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Abbott, (Special Assistant Attorney General), Decatur, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Jamila Fair, Decatur, for appellee; LaShanda Lennon, (Lennon Family Law LLC), Snellville, April Hall, Austell, Chandra Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Amy Cole, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0355

    Court rejects a father's challenge to a juvenile court fining that his twin children are dependent, have been neglected, and are in need of court protection

  • Columbus, Georgia Board of Tax Assessors et al. v. The Medical Center Hospital Authority.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lomax, (Robert R. Lomax, LLC), Columbus, Charles Palmer, (Troutman & Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Buchanan, (Buchanan Law Firm, PC), Columbus, Andrew Rothschild, (Rothschild & Rothschild, P.C.), Columbus, Robert Ashe, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0373

    Court affirms exemption from property taxation for an elder care facility leased and managed by a hospital authority for a public purpose

  • The State v. Wood

    Publication Date: 2023-08-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randal McGinley, (Newton County District Attorney’s Office), Covington, Lacey Majors, (Walton County District Attorney’s Office), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0310

    Court dismisses the State's appeal to a not guilty judgment from a bench trial on charges of criminal invasion of privacy because the State had no right to appeal

  • Ghant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte Davis, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jamie Inagawa, Joseph Myers, (Fayette County Solicitor-General), Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1738

    Court affirms DUI convictions over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions as to errors in jury charges and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Salter et al. v. St. Charles Homeowners Association, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-11
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Real Estate
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. DuBose, (DuBose Law Group LLC), Madison, Hal Wright, (Hal Wright Attorney at Law, LLC), Athens, Brittain Hunt, (Pulliam Law Group), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Keenan, Sunshine Nasworthy, (Cruser Mitchell Novitz Sanchez Gaston & Zimet LLP), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0620

    Homeowners Association Had Authority to Prohibit Construction of Above-Ground Pool