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  • The Tolson Firm LLC v. Sistrunk Jr.

    Publication Date: 2016-08-29
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Boggs, Michael P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden Turkheimer Hadden LLC, F. Carlton King, and Katherine Parvis FordHarrison LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Angela Fox and Darren Summerville The Summerville Firm LLC, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A16A0536

    Genuine issues of material fact remained in a dispute between law partners and an associate attorney arising after the associate attorney left the firm and took eight cases wit

  • Henry Cnty. Bd. of Educ. v. S. G.

    Publication Date: 2016-07-27
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    Court: Court of Appeals
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Megan Pearson and Andrew Welch Smith, Welch, Webb White, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Tafelski Georgia Legal Services Program, Robert Ashe Bondurant, Mixson Elmore LLP, Phyllis Holmen, and Lisa Krisher, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A16A0201

    The local board of education abused its discretion in failing to properly apply self-defense standards when it expelled a student for fighting on school gr

  • In the Interest of B. R. F.

    Publication Date: 2016-07-12
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Attorney General, Shalen S. Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Mark J. Cicero, Assistant Attorneys General, and Britt C. Grant Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: Vicky O. Kimbrell, Lisa J. Krisher, Phyllis J. Holmen Georgia Legal Services Program, Atlanta, and Marcy A. Muller Georgia Legal Services Program, Dalton. Thomas C. Rawlings McMillan Rawlings LLP, Sandersville, for appellee. Other party representation: Todd A. Harding Maddox Harding LLC, Griffin, Roger C. Montgomery, Talbotton, and Charles B. O'Neill Jr., Zebulon. Amicus Curiae: Nathan A. Hayes Office of the Child Attorney, Suparna M. Joshi Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, and Jane G. Okrasinski, Athens.
    Case Number: S15G1301

    The Court of Appeals erred in finding that an appellate court has the authority to excuse the untimely filing of a discretionary application in a civil parental termination

  • Smith v. Northside Hosp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2016-06-15
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Dillard, Stephen Louis A.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lucas Andrews, Peter Canfield, Samantha Mandell, Rebekah Plowman, Daniel Conner, and Laura Gura Jones Day, Atlanta, for Smith. Thurbert Baker, James Rawls McKenna Long Aldridge LLP, Stephen Bauer, Ian Byrnside Baker Hostetler LLP, Bryan Bates, Nathan Garroway, James Evans Dentons US LLP, Susan Sommers Northside Hosp. Inc., Charles Huddleston, S. Wade Malone, Jessica Rutledge Nelson Mullins Riley Scarborough LLP, Jeremy Burnette Polsinelli PC, Sidney Welch Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton LLP, Edward Konieczny, Atlanta, Geoffrey Raux, and Stephen Quinlan Foley Lardner LLP, Boston, MA, for Northside Hosp. Inc.. Amicus Curiae: David Hudson Hull Barrett PC, Augusta.
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    Case Number: A15A2303; A15A2304

    The trial court properly found that documents an attorney requested related to a hospital's acquisition of four private entities were not subject to the Georgia Open Records Act, because the hospita

  • Barking Hound Vill. LLC v. Monyak

    Publication Date: 2016-06-09
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joel McKie and Andrew Hazen Hall Booth Smith PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Robert Monyak and Jonathan Peters Peters Monyak LLP, Atlanta, for appellees. Other party representation: Jennifer D. Odom, Ann W. Ferebee Bryan Cave LLP, Katherine M. Smallwood Sutherland Asbill Brennan, Atlanta, Leonard Searcy Shook, Hardy Bacon LLP, Kansas City, MO, Victor E. Schwartz, and Philip S. Goldberg Shook, Hardy Bacon LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: S15G1184

    In a negligence suit arising out of the death of a dog following its stay at a boarding facility, the owners were entitled to recover the dog's fair market value plus interest and any reasonable med

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  • The Eichholz Law Firm PC v. Tate Law Group LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Schiavone Jackson Schiavone, Savannah, and Lloyd Murray, Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Turner Savage, Turner, Pinson Karsman, and Steven Scheer Scheer Montgomery PC, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A1681

    The defendant law firm was entitled to summary judgment on the plaintiff law firm's quantum meruit claim arising out of a fee-splitting agreement, as the plaintiff firm failed to produce any evidenc

  • Horton v. Horton

    Publication Date: 2016-05-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, and Pandora E. Palmer, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashley B. Brannen Brannen Law Group, Atlanta, and Daniel B. Greenfield Law Firm of Jack F. Witcher, Bremen, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16F0167

    In a divorce action, the trial court properly found that a house that was the husband's separate property at the time of the parties' marriage remained his separate property, despite the wife's alle

  • Leadership Preparatory Academy v. Butler

    Publication Date: 2016-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Fortson and Katherine Kendricks McGuire Woods LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda Stinson, Ellenwood, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A1746

    The superior court had the complete record of the administrative proceedings below when it affirmed the award of unemployment benefits to a former emp

  • Mosley v. Lowe

    Publication Date: 2016-01-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack R. Hancock and Arash A. Sabzevari Freeman Mathis Gary LLP, Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michele M. Young and Brenda J. Smeeton Georgia Justice Project, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Lisa J. Krisher, Phyllis J. Holmen Georgia Legal Services Program, Atlanta, Nancy R. DeVetter Georgia Legal Services, Savannah, and Sharon M. Dietrich Community Legal Services Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
    Case Number: S15A1722

    The recent amendments to Georgia's criminal history record information statute, O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37, apply to information regarding arrests that occurred prior to the amendments' effective

  • Belcher v. Belcher

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Beth Forwood Forwood Law LLC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry L. Fitzpatrick, Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1451

    In a dispute over unpaid alimony, the trial court improperly awarded the wife attorney fees under O.C.G.A. § 9-4-9, since an award under that statute allows only costs, whi