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Publication Date: 2024-10-11
Practice Area: Personal Injury
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Markle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Simon, Tyler Bridgers, (The Simon Law Frim PC), Atlanta, Jed Manton, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Atlanta, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, for appellee.
Case Number: A24A0802
Court affirms $30 million verdict against the City of Milton in fatal accident case, rejecting City's claims of sovereign immunity, and orders pre-judgment interest and nunc pro tunc judgment
Publication Date: 2024-09-20
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Hodges
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Reilly, Margaret Mathis, William Smith, Mark Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Dwight Chamberlin, William Gray, (Gray King Chamberlin & Martineau LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee.
Case Number: A24A0695
Court affirms spoliation sanctions against City of Atlanta in a negligence action, and affirms trial court's decision to overturns attorney fees award due to a procedural deficiency
Publication Date: 2024-09-17
Practice Area: Environmental Law | Land Use and Planning
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Brown
Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
for defendant: N/a
Case Number: A24A0612
Court affirms issuance of a permit to build a solid waste landfill in Brantley County Landfill, and further affirms limits on Environmental Protection Division's investigative duties
Publication Date: 2024-09-16
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Rickman
Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
for defendant: N/a
Case Number: A22A0379
On remand, court adopts opinion verifying that OCGA § 36-11-1 applies to official-capacity claims against county sheriffs, and partially vacates and remands case for further proceedings
Publication Date: 2024-09-12
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Watkins
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Craig, John Schultz, (Wood Craig Miller, LLC), Atlanta, Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Jack Hancock, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Jade Ingram, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Peachtree Corners for appellee.
Case Number: A24A0739
Court reverses dismissal of injury claim against Clayton County Sheriff, ruling that Plaintiffs had given a proper ante litem notice and met the presentment requirement under OCGA § 36-11-1
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Publication Date: 2024-09-11
Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexander Dixon Revell, Harry Duff Revell, (Nicholson Revell LLP), Augusta, James Barrett Trotter, (Trotter Jones, LLP), Augusta, for appellant.
for defendant: William James Keogh, III, James Brian Ellington, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
Case Number: S24G0336
Court vacates an injunction against a county and remands for consideration of a narrower injunction reflecting sovereign immunity, and rejects a homeowners' challenge to damages limitations
Publication Date: 2024-09-05
Practice Area: Election and Political Law
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice McMillian
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffry L. Miller, Savannah, for appellant.
for defendant: Benjamin Mason Perkins, Wes Parker Rahn, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, R. Jonathan Hart, (Hart & Associates Law Firm LLC), Savannah, Andre Pretorius, (Chatham County Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee; Paul C. Kunst, (Paul C. Kunst PC.), Barnesville, Todd Andrew Harding, (Harding Law Firm, LLC), Griffin, for Amicus Appellant.
Case Number: S24A0490
Court dismisses election contest appeal due to lack of prompt litigation
Publication Date: 2024-08-21
Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cox, (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellant.
for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Matthew Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb, & White), McDonough, for appellee.
Case Number: A22A1542
Court vacates its prior opinion and adopts Supreme Court ruling that a former teacher's breach of contract action was barred by sovereign immunity because a valid contract had not been formed
Publication Date: 2024-08-15
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Rickman
Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Califf, (Califf Law Firm LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
for defendant: Christopher Cosper, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee; Michael Walker, (Piasta Walker Hagenbush, LLC), Atlanta, William McDavid, (Jones Cork, LLP), Macon, Jack Schley, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for AM.
Case Number: A24A0080
Court affirms sovereign immunity for Housing Authority in premises liability case, concluding that the Housing Authority is a public entity entitled to sovereign immunity.
Publication Date: 2024-08-15
Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Social Media
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivan Gustafson, (Law Office of Ivan Gustafson), McDonough, for appellant.
for defendant: Loletha Hale, (Attorney at Law), Jonesboro, Nancy Ladson, Atlanta, Richard Schrade, (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellee.
Case Number: A23A0279
Court reverses stalking protective order, citing insufficient evidence of direct contact
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