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  • Hill v. Kemp

    Publication Date: 2022-12-01
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Tucker, (Tucker & Associates Law Firm LLC), Jonesboro, Alan Parker, (Alan Parker Law Firm LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Jacobs, Christopher Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Andrew Dearing, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1113

    Court affirms denial of a suspended sheriff's petition for a writ of mandamus for to require his reinstatement

  • Mommies Properties, LLC et al. v. Semanson et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-30
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Teague, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Larry Oldham, (Larry C. Oldham, P.C.), Cumming, Vinay Bose, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Buckley, Eric O’Brien, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, Paul Frickey, Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1071

    Court affirms summary judgment for a county commissioner and inspector on plaintiff's claims for damages, and reverses on request for prospective injunctive relief

  • City of Winder v. Barrow County

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Public Utilities | Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grant McBride, Andrew Welch, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, Brandon Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Angela Davis, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Ernest Bennett (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, Walter Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P.C.), Valdosta, Jody Campbell, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Gregory Jay, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, Robert Wilson, (Robert Jackson Wilson, PC), Lawrenceville, for other party; Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, Larry Ramsey, (ACCG), Atlanta, G. Scheuer, (Assistant General Counsel), Atlanta, Keith Blackwell, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A22A0834

    Court affirms several orders in favor of County and against City in a dispute over collection of funds for road maintenance and water utility services

  • City of Roswell v. Hernandez-Flores

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Stewart, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Kyle Koester, (Attorney at Law), Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0985

    Court reverses denial of a City's motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case, finding that the City had not waived its sovereign immunity defense

  • Siegrist v. Herhold

    Publication Date: 2022-11-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hugh Rowling, Lauren Bruce, Elizabeth Monyak, (Sr. Associate County Attorney Cobb County Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Dumont, (The Ausband Firm), Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0650

    Court affirms denial of a motion to dismiss a negligence action based on official immunity, and agrees that a county official was acting in a discretionary capacity

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  • Sons of Confederate Veterans et al. v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

    Publication Date: 2022-11-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Kyle King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Joseph Buckley, III, Taylor Wayne Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, Patrick DeBorde Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Walker L. Chandler, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree City, Mawuli M. Malcolm Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm), Decatur, for Other Party; Les A. Schneider, Thomas Leland Walker, (Wimberly Lawson Steckel Schneider & Stine, P.C.), Atlanta, Martin Kenneth OToole, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Amicus Appellant; Justin Tharpe Holcombe, (Skaar & Feagle, LLP), Woodstock, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S22G0039

    Court concludes that an individual has stand to sue for injunctive relief to prevent removal of monuments, but community groups do not.

  • City of College Park et al. v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2022-11-10
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Winston Denmark, Valorri Jones, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Amy Katz, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Billips, (Barrett & Farahany), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0740

    Open Meetings Act does not require a vote for appointment of interim officials, and trial court erred in granting former employee's summary judgment motion on that basis

  • Green v. Georgia Department of Corrections et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Williams, (HDR LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Menefee, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, Peter Fisher, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0930

    Prisoner's State-Law Medical Malpractice Suit Not Valid Renewal of Earlier Suit in Federal Court

  • R. H. v. Wagner et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-04
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rafi, Christopher Stokes, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandon Moulard, MaryGrace Kittrell, (Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0658

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of school administrators on the basis of official immunity in a negligence case because their actions were discretionary

  • Camp v. Williams et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-28
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Kelly Camp, (Camp & Camp), Douglasville, Bryan Paul Tyson, Bryan Francis Jacoutot, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Joy Suson, Michael Victor Coleman, Aaron Watson, Jonathan M. Nussbaum, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, Jeremy Todd Berry, Joseph Jay Siegelman, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0073

    Superior Court Had Statutory Authority to Reverse County Elections Board's Decision to Place Unqualified Candidate on Ballot