• Rounds et al. v. Hall County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Buckley, Michael Kramer, Anita Balasubramanian, (Buckley Bala Wison Mew LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenton Bean, P. Freed, William Buechner, Benton Mathis, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1584

    County affirms summary judgment in favor of a County and against a class of employees who argued that the County improperly terminated a defined benefits plan

  • Hall v. Acker

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Rodgers, (The Tolson Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Thomas Sampson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Amelia Baker, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1309

    Court determines that a school security officer does not have official immunity to a student's claims for excessive force and other causes following a pepper-spray incident

  • The Bondsman, Inc. et al. v. Keybo Taylor, Sheriff of Gwinnett County

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bowers, Jeremy Akin, Lucas Boggs, (Johnson Marlowe LLP), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Marcovitch, (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew), Atlanta, Tuwanda Williams, (Gwinnett County Law Dept.), Lawrenceville, Preston Ehlers, Atlanta, for appellee; Kellye Moore, (Attorney at Law), Perry, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A1370

    Court vacates summary judgment order and remands for determination of whether a bondsperson did not meet financial obligations required for renewal of a license.

  • Morney v. Kiker et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Michelman, (Foy & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, Steven Grunberg, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1473

    Court affirms dismissal of car accident/personal injury lawsuit against a sheriff where plaintiff presented ante litem notice only to the county and not directly to the sheriff

  • Benchmark Rehabilitation Partners, LLC v. SDJ Logistics, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Farley, (McGuire Woods LLP), Atlanta, Laura Cooley, (McGuire Woods, LLP), Richmond, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darrell Carver, (Mykkeltvedt & Loftin LLC), Atlanta, Zachary Matthews, (McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP), Alpharetta, for appellee; Johnquel Neal, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A1519

    Court affirms order compelling a non-party to compel documents in a car accident/injury case

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  • Mongeon et al. v. Posey et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Knight, (Knight Johnson LLC), Atlanta, Nicholas Sears, (Knight Palmer, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Craig, (Campbell & Brannon, LLC), Atlanta, Jon David Huffman, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1218

    Court affirms denial of adverse possession claims as to certain elements but reverses as to others that satisfied the 20-year requirement of OCGA §44-5-161

  • Karekezi et al. v. Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise Smith, (Smith Law, LLC), Dacula, William Smith, (Smith Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: P. Freed, Elissa Haynes, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, Joseph Menello, (Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1545

    Court affirms dismissal of a personal injury complaint against a safety system manufacturer, which had provided adequate warnings regarding the use of the system

  • In the Matter of Nathan E. Hardwick IV.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-31
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Wright Novay, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S23Y0502

    Court accepts petition fort voluntary surrender of a law license following petitioner's conviction on numerous felonies involving financial fraud

  • Freeport Title & Guaranty, Inc., as Trustee of the 1080 Bethlehem Church Trust v. Braswell et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-31
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: N. Wages, (Attorney at Law), Winder, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0442

    Court affirms a judgment order in favor of grantors on a grantee's action to quiet title to a parcel of property where security deed created a continuing security interest

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Golden, (Assistant Public Defender), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melinda Wynne, Gregory Edwards, (District Attorney’s Office, Dougherty Judicial Cir), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1269

    Court affirms convictions for rape, incest, and related crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of evidentiary errors