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  • Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company v. City of College Park et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-04
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Michael Friedman, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen Eleice Woodward, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Norcross, Alwyn Robert Fredericks, (Cash, Krugler & Fredericks, LLC), Atlanta, James Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Anna Green Cross, (The Cross Firm, LLC), Decatur, Alisha I. Wyatt-Bullman, Reginald Bernard McClendon, Joshua Stanley Foster, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Gainesville, Robert Henry Snyder, Jr., (Canella Snyder LLC), Decatur, Joseph M. Colwell, (Butler Wooten & Peak LLP), Columbus, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0482

    City did not waive sovereign immunity claims for amounts above liability insurance limits even though it purchased insurance for higher amounts

  • Spann v. Davis, et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cary Wiggins, (Wiggins Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sarah Rasalam, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0202

    Court reverses dismissal of lawsuit against court clerks and remands for parties to properly raise issue of quasi-judicial immunity from tort claims

  • Rodriguez v. Houston County

    Publication Date: 2022-02-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ken Jarrard, Patrick Dodson, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1566

    Court vacates dismissal of personal injury plaintiff's motion to substitute a defendant after expiration of statute of limitation and remands for further proceedings

  • City of Albany v. Dougherty County, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2022-01-28
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Lewis, Jessica Haygood, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee; Jon-Selby Hawk, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta PLLC), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1280

    Court affirms denial of City's motion for summary judgment per the law of the case doctrine because the City's issue was addressed in a prior appeal

  • Floyd v. Stone

    Publication Date: 2022-01-05
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Aaron Emas, Joseph Thomas Rhodes, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1123

    Court affirms denial of claimants motion for permission to file an information in the nature of quo warranto to remove a judge from office

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  • Spann v. Davis et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Gregory Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Cary S. Wiggins, (Wiggins Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly Briana-Maria Myers, Joshua Stanley Foster, Kimberly M. Perkins, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Jonathan Andrew Pope, (Hasty Pope Davies, LLP), Canton, Laura M. Shamp, Joshua Forrest Silk, (Shamp Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for, Amicus Appellant; Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Drew F. Waldbeser, Zachariah Weston Lindsey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S20G1536

    Trial Court Erred in Raising Issue of Quasi-Judicial Immunity Sua Sponte

  • Mallard v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

    Publication Date: 2021-12-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Rogers, William D’Antignac, Gilbert Deitch, Kara Phillips, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Moffett, Jordan Raymond, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0777

    Court reverses severance order that separated tort claims against MARTA from claims against other tortfeasors, finding no basis for severance under OCGA §9-11-42(b)

  • Sharma, individually as surviving spouse of Amit Sharma et al. v. City of Alpharetta

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Government | Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Maine, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0954

    Liability Insurance Policy Purchased by City Did Not Amount to Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

  • City of Atlanta v. Burgos

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Banks, (Banks Weaver LLC), Atlanta, Robert Ware, Jacob O'Neal, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Zachary Fuller, (Weathington, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Ellis, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Rakhi McNeill, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Michael Sheridan, (Davis & Sheridan LLC), Lithonia, Alwyn Fredericks, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lisa Bobb, (Cash Krugler& Fredericks LLC), Atlanta, Richard Taylor, (Taylor & Viers, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0831

    Court reverses denial of City's summary judgment motion in a car accident case where the plaintiff failed to provide a proper ante litem notice of her claims

  • Smith et al. v. City of Roswell et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-11
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Patrick Hannon, (Hall & Lampros LLP), Atlanta, Peter Lampros, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Hilliard Castilla, Matthew Hurst, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Patrick O'Connor, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Denval Stewart, Joey Logan-Pugh, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Emily Hirst, (Georgia Municipal Association), Atlanta, Jacquelyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Matthew Moffett, Marie Wilcox, Jordan Raymond, (Gray Rust St Amand Moffett & Brieske LLP), Atlanta, Jennifer Nichols, Maren Cave, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Charles Medlin, (Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC), Atlanta, Winfield Pollidore, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0789

    Court affirms denial of motion to consolidate absent defendants' consent, and affirms dismissal of claims against a City on grounds of sovereign immunity.