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  • Worth County School District v. Tibbetts

    Publication Date: 2024-06-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grant E. McBride, Matthew Chase Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles E. Cox, Jr., (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellee; Phillip L. Hartley, Stephen Duane Pereira, (Pereira, Kirby, Kinsinger & Nguyen, LLP), Lawrenceville, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0791

    Court reverses appellate court opinion and concludes that a former teacher's breach of contract action was barred by sovereign immunity because a valid contract had not been formed

  • City of College Park et al. v. Steele

    Publication Date: 2024-06-20
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael McCulley, Tareek Abdel-Aleem, (The Aleem Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0143

    Court reverses decision denying City's motion to dismiss due to insufficient ante litem notice, finding that plaintiff's demand for "approximate" damages was insufficient

  • Cobb County v. Floam et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-06-07
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh William Rowling, Jr., Lauren Smith Bruce, Elizabeth Ahern Monyak, (Cobb County Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ray Stallings Smith, III, (Smith & Liss, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Logan B. Winkles, Jonathan David Loegel, Christopher M. Carr, Stephen John Petrany, Justin Thomas Golart, Zachary Mullinax, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Walter White, (Haynie, Litchfield,Crane & White, P.C.), Marietta, William A. Pinto, Jr., (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S24A0599

    Court reverses order granting declaratory relief to residents who challenged a county boundary redistricting, finding that they could not show a need for guidance for future conduct

  • City of Atlanta v. 400 Edgewood, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-29
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Pat Dean Dixon, III, Pat D. Dixon, Jr., (Dixon & Dixon Attorneys at Law LLC), Atlanta, Raines Felton Carter, Erika Danielle Smith, (Office of the City Solicitor), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: 400 Edgewood, LLC, Duluth, Amin Panjwani, Duluth, for appellee; Tamara Miles Ogier, (Ogier, Rothschild & Rosenfeld, P.C.), Decatur, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24C0347

    Court denies petition for certiorari in a nuisance abatement case

  • Fleureme v. City of Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (445 Franklin Gateway SE), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Yellig, Hermise Pierre, Tracey Hackett, (Fulton County Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0316

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury lawsuit against a municipality because plaintiff did not strictly adhere to statutory ante litem notice requirements

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  • City of Canton v. Brandreth Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Dyer, Laura Rollins, (Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bain, Douglas Flint, (Flint, Connolly & Walker, LLP), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0019

    Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss in an inverse condemnation case against the City, which had argued to dismiss the case due to a failure to adhere to ante litem notice requirements

  • Sivak v. Georgia Department of Natural Resources

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Cross, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, Brandon Smith, (Shiver Hamilton LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Boyter, Christopher Carr, Angela Cusimano, Kristine Hayter, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1323

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury and premises liability lawsuit against Georgia Department of Natural Resources, citing sovereign immunity and discretionary functions exception

  • Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation v. Georgia Public Service Commission

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Eckrote, Griffin Ingraham, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lee Peifer, James Orr, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Thomas Reilly, Thomas Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Talis Trevino, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for other party; Richard Tisinger, (Tisinger, Vance P.C.), Carrollton, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A1381

    Court affirms Public Service Commission's decision allowing Georgia Power to service Electric Vehicle charging station and rejects challenge based on interpretation of the Electric Service Act

  • Augusta Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender v. Hodge-Peets

    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Buckley, Ashley Wilson Clark, Andrew Tate, (Buckley Bala Wilson Mew LLP), Atlanta, Jamala McFadden, (McFadden Davis LLP), Atlanta, Constance Parks, (The Public Defender’s Office, Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1467

    Court reverses decision denying Office of Public Defender's motion to dismiss a Disabilities Act claim, finding that the Public Defender's Office has sovereign immunity in ADA lawsuits

  • City of Winder v. Barrow County

    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew (Andy) J. Welch, III, Warren Michael Tillery, Brandon Filson Palmer, Grant E. McBride, John Elwin Stell, Jr., (Smith, Welch, Webb & White LLC), McDonough, Harold David Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Angela Edwards Davis, Gregory Aaron Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Rusi Chandrashkhar Patel, Ryan Robert Bowersox, Kevin H. Jeselnik, (Georgia Municipal Association), Atlanta, Quinton G. Washington, David N. Dreyer, (Washington Dreyer & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Jeffrey Shelton Akins, (Bulloch County Board of Commissioners), Statesboro, Joy Lynn Edelberg, (Horne & Edelberg P.C.), Dahlonega, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, Kenneth Edward Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Lawrence Allyn Stockton, Jr., (Stockton & Stockton, LLC), Clayton, Michael Peter Ludwiczak, David D. Gottlieb, (Walker County, Georgia Government), Lafayette, Nancy Ladson Rowan, (Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP), Atlanta, Walter Gus Elliott, II, (Elliott Blackburn PC), Valdosta, Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., G. Joseph Scheuer, (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Ernest Ronald Bennett, Jr., (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Jody Charles Campbell, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Gregory David Jay, (Chandler, Britt, Jay & Beck, LLC), Buford, Robert Jackson Wilson, (Webb Tanner Powell Mertz & Wilson LLP), Lawrenceville, Kenneth James Lewis, (Lewis LAW), Winder, for other party.
    Case Number: S23G0341

    Court clarifies aspects of the Services Delivery Strategy Act in disputes between municipalities and a county, with specific focus on road maintenance and water utility fees for unincorporated areas