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  • Patrick v. Board of Regents of the University of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2021-03-26
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Woods, (Deming, Parker, Hoffman, Campbell, & Daly, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Logan Winkles, (Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Ronald Stay, David Carson, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2045

    Court affirms dismissal of breach of contract complaint because contract was only implied and defendant did not waive sovereign immunity.

  • Ferdinand v. Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dominique Martinez, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, (Fulton County Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1548

    Court affirms denial of a declaratory judgment petition to give the county tax commissioner unilateral control over compensation of unclassified employees

  • Oconee County v. Cannon et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Eugene Williams, Jason Christopher Waymire, (Williams Morris & Waymire, LLC), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darl Hilton Champion, (The Champion Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, John David Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Stein Watts, (The Watts Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20G0584

    Court remands for analysis of whether a defendant knew or should have known that he would be named as a defendant under the relation-back statute

  • Polo Golf and Country Club Homeowners Association, Inc. v. John Cunard et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Lueder, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Edward Jarrard, Joseph Paul Mitchell, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1205

    County Had Authority to Require Homeowners Association to Maintain Drainage Easements and Stormwater Facilities

  • In Re Declaration of Judicial Emergency.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Wayne Brown, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, Tameka Haynes, (Frails & Wilson), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Long, (TuckerLong, P.C.), Augusta, Carl Brown, Augusta, for appellee. David E. Hudson, David Hudson, Augusta, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A0081

    Court dismisses City's appeal of an emergency judicial order because the court has no jurisdiction to consider the appeal

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    Florida Community Association Litigation: Homeowners’ Associations and Condominiums 2019

    Authors: Ron M. Campbell

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  • Davis v. City of Valdosta

    Publication Date: 2021-01-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Peterman, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Thagard, Halton Albritton, (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton LLP), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1794

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury lawsuit against a City because plaintiff's ante litem notice did not include a claim for a specific amount of damages

  • Rice et al. v. Fulton County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, (Knight Palmer, LLC), Atlanta, Ranse Partin, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Colin Delaney, Anthony Rollins, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, Robin Burnette, (Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Cheryl Ringer, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Burwell, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Jeffrey Haymore, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Anamaria Hazard, Reginald Martin, (City of Atlanta, Law Department), Atlanta, C. Thomas, Michael Stacy, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, Ken Jarrard, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Patrick Stough, E. Cox, Dennis Davenport, (McNally, Fox, Grant & Davenport, P.C.), Fayetteville, Richard Lindsey, (Lindsey Law Firm PC), Peachtree City, Winston Denmark, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Emilia Walker, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, John O'Neal, (Clayton County Boad of Commisioners), Jonesboro, Valorri Jones, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Christa Freeman, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Huening, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Germain, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, William Turner, (Turner & Ross, LLC), Marietta, Daniel Lee, (Attorney For The City of Sandy Springs), Sandy Springs, Matthew Weiss, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, Brad Bowman, Decatur, Chad Alexis, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, Ernest Bennett, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, David Davidson, Robert Hulsey, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Lajuana Ransaw, Andrew Welch, Priya Patel, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1898

    Taxpayers Stated Class Action Claim Under Tax Refund Statute For Allegedly Illegal Assessments

  • Coin-Op Solutions, LLC v. Norcross Convenience, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-12-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Hawkins, (Law Firm GC (Hawkins), LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Kushner, Joseph Hart, (Fellows LaBriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1550

    Court vacates a superior court order in a lottery machine dispute because licensee failed to follow the proper Georgia Lottery Corporation dispute appeal procedures

  • Georgia Department of Public Safety v. Ragsdale

    Publication Date: 2020-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bunner, Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Silverbach, James Watson, (The Silverbach Group), Kennesaw, for appellee. Gary Morris, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, Keith Moffett, (Chief Administrative Officer), Jackson, Kristin Hall, (The Law Office of Sharon Chester Barnes), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1220

    Court determines that the provisions of OCGA §9-3-99 do not toll the time for filing an ante litem notice against a municipality under the Tort Claims Act

  • Jordan et al v. Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division

    Publication Date: 2020-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cale Conley, James Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Isaac Byrd, Isaac Byrd, Margaret Eckrote, (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta, Christopher Held, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1253

    Court dismisses appeal of the dismissal of a complaint against a state administrative agency because the appellants failed to file an application for the appeal