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  • Shackelford et al. v. Georgia Department of Public Safety

    Publication Date: 2024-03-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Jordan, (Adams Jordan & Treadwell, P.C), Milledgeville, Savanna Roughen, (Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C.), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Kimberly Schwartz, (Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1649

    Court affirms dismissal on sovereign immunity grounds of negligence claims against Department of Public Safety for injuries that resulted from a collision in a high-speed police pursuit

  • Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Downs

    Publication Date: 2024-03-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Buckley, Taylor Hensel, (Buckley Christopher, PC), Atlanta, Bennett Bryan, Laura Johnson, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0663

    Court clarifies that organizations do not have standing but individuals plaintiffs do have standing to challenge removal of a Confederate monument, and remands for analysis of sovereign immunity issues

  • Williams v. Dekalb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ed Williams, (Concerned Citizens For Effective Government), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Bryan, Shaheem Williams, Laura Johnson, Terry Phillips, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Brent Herrin, Gus Small, Benjamin Klehr, (Small Herrin, LLP) Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0508

    Court concludes that a taxpayer has standing to dispute a county commissioner's salary Increase, but affirms dismissal of taxpayer's complaint on other grounds

  • McBrayer et al. v. Scarbrough

    Publication Date: 2024-02-27
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A22A0002

    Court reverses grant of judgment on the pleadings in a wrongful death case due to waived sovereign immunity

  • Lovell v. Raffensperger et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Lovell, Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas L. Cathey, Fort Gordon, Bryan Keith Webb, Russell David Willard, Elizabeth Wilson Vaughan, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William James Keogh, III, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0887

    Court affirms dismissal of actions against State and county election officials for non-compliance with sovereign immunity waiver requirements under the Georgia Constitution

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  • Collington v. Clayton County, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John David Hadden, Darren Wade Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Benjamin Frederick Windham, (Ben F. Windham, P.C.), Locust Grove, Robert Walker Garrett, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PLLC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jack R. Hancock, Arash Ali Sabzevari, Wes C. Jackson, Jacob Edward Daly, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Madden Cork, III, (LAW OFFICES OF CHARLES M. Cork, III), Decatur, for Amicus Appellant; Kellye C. Moore, (Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore, LLP), Perry, for Amicus Appellee; Daniel C. Prout, Jr., (Waldon Adelman Castilla McNamara & Prout), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S22G1146

    Court verifies that OCGA § 36-11-1 applies to official-capacity claims against county sheriffs, and rules that presenting the claim to a county governing authority satisfies the presentment requirement

  • Gibson-Wright v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2024-02-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, (Conklin Law Firm), Atlanta, William Kelbaugh, (The Kelbaugh Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John O’Brien, William Diehl, (Thompson, O’Brien, Kappler & Nasuti, PC), Peachtree Corners, Norcross, Rudolph Smith, Alapaha, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1540

    Court reverses grant of a protective order against a city council member because the evidence did not support that order, and remands for reconsideration of a claim for attorney fees

  • Bray v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2024-02-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Hendrix, Warren Lietz, (Finch McCranie), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Waymire, Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1469

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court vacated its previous opinion and remanded further for reconsideration of sovereign immunity in a lawsuit against a county sheriff

  • Cooper et al. v. Pollard et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Cohilas, Maggie Cropp, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Venterra Pollard, Corey Morgan, Camilla, for appellee; LaTonya Wiley, (Denmark Ashby LLC), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0389

    Court affirms default judgments in a quo warranto action and denial of a contempt motion pending an appeal in a petitioner's residency eligibility challenge to district council members

  • Sumter County et al. v. Morris et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-16
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raleigh Willis Rollins, H. Thomas Shaw, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, Hayden Hooks Hooks, (Arnold & Hooks LLC), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph F. Simpson, (Simpson Mediation Services), Cobb, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G0169

    Court clarifies county's obligation in road maintenance, emphasizing the need for county authority to accept the dedication of a road for public use before the county is obligated to maintain it