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  • Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. Drake

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Elizabeth Young, Bryan Webb, Russell Willard, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bowers, Lucas Boggs, (Johnson Marlowe LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0321

    Court vacates ruling affirming a UGA student's suspension and nullifying UGA Conduct Regulations, and remands matter with direction to reconsider student's self-defense claims

  • Brown et al. v. Green Growth 2, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chauncey Barnwell, (Chauncey Napoleon Brown Barnwell, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elsie Chisholm, Lucas Bradley, Gregroy Finch, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, Chase Lyndale, (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0270

    Court vacates and remands summary judgment order in quiet title action due to death of an adverse claimant party

  • Paces Funding, LLC v. Tillman, IV, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, Debbie Wilson, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Kushner, Jonathan Spratling, (Fellows Labriola LLP), Atlanta, David Michell, James Sherman, Garrett Land, (Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0431

    Court dismisses an appeal in a trade secret case because no final appealable order had been entered in the trial court

  • City of Atlanta v. MLK Properties, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Steinberg, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Tracey Hackett, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea Pawlak, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0416

    Court affirms in part, reverses in part, and remands a dismissal of the City of Atlanta's motion to dismiss a lawsuit in a property demolition case over a defective ante litem notice and immunity

  • Vourvoulias et al. v. Cash

    Publication Date: 2024-08-05
    Practice Area: Damages | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Halsey Knapp, Christopher Adams, (Krevolin Horst, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming, for appellee; John Neville, (Neville Law, LLC), Cumming, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0285

    Court affirms denial of attorney fees in property dispute case where petitioner sought equitable relief but nor money damages, clarifying the application of OCGA § 9-11-68

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  • High West, LLC v. Reese

    Publication Date: 2024-07-30
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Groth, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Suwanee, Eric Jorgensen, (Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Long, (Burrow & Associates, LLC), Duluth, Bethany Lavigno, (Bethany Lavigno, PC), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0201

    Court reverses denial of landlord's summary judgment motion in a premises liability case and rules that landlord not liable as an out-of-possession landlord under OCGA § 44-7-14

  • L'Oreal USA, Inc. et al. v. Burroughs

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Eason, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, Dennis Ellis, Katherine Murray, Nicholas Begakis, (Ellis George Cipollone O’Brien Annaguey LLP), Los Angeles, David Clarke, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nkosi Bey, (Bey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Elizabeth Stone, Darren Summerville, Alison Currie, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Tina Bullock, (Bullock Ward Mason), Acworth, Danielle Mason, (Bullock Ward Mason), Atlanta, for appellee; Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Lori Leskin, (Arnold & Porter), Newyork, Leah Schultz, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Rhonda Trotter, (Arnold & Porter), Houston, Ronald Masterson, Candis Jones, (Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Donna Welch, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Chicago, Sierra Elizabeth, (Kirkland & Ellis LLP), Los Angeles, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0313

    Court addresses statute of repose and preemption issues and affirms in part, reverses in part, and remands product liability and fraud claims in chemical hair relaxer product liability case

  • Pollard v. Deloach

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Mulherin, (Owens & Mulherin), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Ballew, (Barrow & Ballew, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0539

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of a landlord in a premises liability case, finding that a jury must consider landlord's constructive knowledge of hazard

  • Marion A. Allen, Inc. et al. v. Blake C. Johnston et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Adams, (Adams Law Firm), Fort Valley, Joseph Bloodworth, (Bush, Crowley, Leverett & Leggett, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Fox, (Adams, Hemingway & Wilson, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0213

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment in real estate fraud case, concluding that there was no factual dispute that property purchasers had failed to exercise due diligence after notice of defect

  • Preview Restaurants, LLC v. Shops At 2221 Peachtree, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-07-23
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cheng, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Katherine Silverman, (Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0237

    Court affirms lease termination and admissibility of restoration cost estimate as a non-hearsay business record in a commercial dispossessory case