• Sachy et al. v. Allen et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-30
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry Green, (The Weathington Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dozier, George Phillips, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1680

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss wrongful death claims because they were untimely filed and the statute of limitations had not been tolled

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2022-12-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janki Patel, (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Jeffrey Jonap, (Jonap & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1470

    Court reverses denial of Transit Authority's summary judgment motion in a negligence action filed by a passenger that fell when a train departed from a station

  • Rider v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Strong, (Imhoff and Associates PC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, Jana Allen, (The McCoy Law Firm, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1727

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and drug offenses over defendant's claims of error and evidentiary and jury charge challenges

  • The State v. McKinney

    Publication Date: 2022-12-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Mike Carlson, Fani Willis, Lyndsey Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant
    for defendant: Michael Katz, (Attorney at Law), Decatur for appellee; National Alliance of Gang Investigators Associations and Georgia Gang Investigators Assoc., Jeffrey Wennar, Tucson, for AM.

    Case Number: A22A1509

    Court reverses order that excluded evidence of defendant's prior criminal gang activity and remands for admissibility determination under Rule 403 balancing test

  • White Properties Investments, LLC v. Dip Lending I, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-12-22
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amelia Phillips, (Phillips Law, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jimmy Luke, (Martin Bagwell Luke, P.C.), Atlanta, William Sams, (W. Shannon Sams Law, P.C.), Atlanta, Kevin Maxim, (The Maxim Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, John Ramsey, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Eugene Smith, Thomas Whitley, (Fulton County Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1197

    In a dispute over quieting title, court concludes that shorter 7-year reversion applies over 20-year statute of limitations and rules in favor of redemption party

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  • O'Brien v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Patterson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jamie Inagawa, Joseph Myers, (Fayette County Solicitor-General Fayette County Justice Center), Fayetteville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1248

    Court vacates bench trial convictions for DUI and other crimes and remands for a hearing on whether knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived her right to a jury

  • Sigmon v. Dekalb County School District

    Publication Date: 2022-12-20
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sandra Sigmon, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, Marietta, Jenna Rubin, (Fisher Phillips), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1311

    Court reverses dismissal of former teacher's breach of contract claim but affirms dismissal of her claim for a due process violation

  • Estate of Suddeth v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2022-12-19
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman, (Attorney at Law), Madison, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Waters, (Ballard, Stephenson & Waters), Covington, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1503

    Court reverses order of contempt against an estate administrator where only the decedent had been responsible for the contemptuous conduct

  • Velazquez v. Mata

    Publication Date: 2022-12-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Schoenthaler, Neill Wright, Christopher Rosser, (Schoenthaler Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Anton, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1356

    Court reverses JNOV order that had been in favor of a defendant in a case involving breach of fiduciary duty because evidence supported plaintiff's allegations.

  • City of Lawrenceville v. Alford

    Publication Date: 2022-12-16
    Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dana Maine, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, Marissa Dunn, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Stewart, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1642

    City Not Entitled to Directed Verdict on Property Owner's Nuisance Claim Relating to Storm-Water Runoff