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  • Odum et al. v. Harn et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-26
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Hallman, (Attorney at Law), Claxton, Edward Long, (Law Office of Edward L. Long, Jr.), Macon, Matthew Waters, (Attorney at Law), Wrightsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Frick, Norman Lovein, William Mann, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0394

    On Reconsideration After Remand, Court Affirms Grant of Summary Judgment for Second Time, Holding That Recent Decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia That Had Justified Reconsideration Had Not Impacted Propriety of Earlier Decision

  • The Atlanta Development Authority et al. v. Ansley Walk Condominium Association, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-25
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Alpert, Douglas Hance, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, Nathan Garroway, Jeffrey Zachman, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey Norman, (City of Atlanta Dept. of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Morris, Melissa Perignat, Joseph Jacobson, (Holt Ney Zatcoff & Wasserman, LLP), Atlanta, Steven Wald, Michael Smith, (Stewart, Wald & McCulley, LLC), St. Louis, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0231

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Denial of Motion to Dismiss by City of Atlanta and Related Developers Who Sought to Acquire Easement Rights from Defunct Railway Operator Through Agreement That Purported to Terminate Railway's Interest and Transfer the Easement Rights to the City

  • State Road and Tollway Authority v. Bodamer

    Publication Date: 2019-07-19
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, David Carson, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justin O'Dell, Nicholas Booth, (O'Dell & O'Neal, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0489

    Court remands a highway toll fine case for further analysis of sovereign immunity issues.

  • Development Authority of Cobb County et al. v. State of Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-03
    Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Thomas Brown, Rebecca Allison Davis, Daniel M. McRae, (Seyfarth Shaw, LLP), Atlanta, William A. Holby, Letitia A. McDonald, Gabriel Krimm, (King & Spalding, LLP), Atlanta, Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, Larry Savage, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A0378

    Local Government Agency Had Authority to Issue Revenue Bonds to Finance Land Acquisition and Retail Development

  • Boyd et al. v. Neal

    Publication Date: 2019-07-02
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Insurance Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, Robin Leigh, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Berhold, Peter Lampros, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Allan Parks, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0227

    Court Affirms Order Granting Summary Judgment to Georgia Department of Community Health in Dispute with Teachers over Change in Healthcare Plan Benefits

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  • Fortner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Conarro, (Law Office of Andrea Conarro), Dahlonega, Theodore Cassert, (Fox, Chandler, Homans, Hicks & McKinnon, LLP), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Francis Moran, (Lumpkin County District Attorney's Office), Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0622

    Court affirms former coroner's convictions for violating his oath of office.

  • Georgia Dept. of Labor v. Mcconnell et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-17
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen M. Pacious, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, Angela Ellen Cusimano, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott A. Schweber, (Schweber Green Law Group), Atlanta, Jefferson Madden Allen, (Cohen, Cooper, Estep & Allen, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Roy E. Barnes, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Kenneth S. Canfield, (Doffermyre Shields Canfield Knowles), Atlanta, David J. Worley, (Evangelista Worley, LLC), Atlanta, Amy E. Keller, (Dicello Levitt Gutzler LLC), Chicago, Norman E. Siegel, Barrett J. Vahle, (Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP), Kansas City, Andrew N. Friedman, (Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC), Washington,, James Pizzirusso, (Hausfeld LLP), Washington, John A. Yanchunis, (Morgan & Morgan Complex Litigation Group), Tampa, Jason Ryan Doss, (The Doss Firm, LLC), Marietta, Eric H. Gibbs, (Girard Gibbs LLP), Oakland, Ariana J. Tadler, (Milberg Tadler Phillips Grossman LLP), New York, William H. Murphy, III, (Murphy Falcon & Murphy), Baltimore, Rodney Keith Strong, (Griffin & Strong, PC), Atlanta, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S18G1316

    Department of Labor has no sovereign immunity for plaintiff's tort claims, but the plaintiff's complaint failed to state a valid claim.

  • City of Guyton v. Barrow

    Publication Date: 2019-06-14
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ray Chandlar Smith, (City Attorney), Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Lee Schwartz, (Jon L. Schwartz, Attorney at Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Isaac Byrd, Suzanne E. Success Osborne, John Edward Hennelly, James Doyle Coots, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Ross Warren Bergethon, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S18G0944

    No antidegradation analysis required prior to issuing environmental permit for facilities with nonpoint water discharges

  • Schroeder v. Dekalb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Ates, (David Ates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Johnson, Terry Phillips, (Counsel for the County of Dekalb), Decatur, Shaheem Williams, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0551

    Appellate Court Rulings Unaddressed by State Supreme Court Decision Were Consistent With That Decision

  • Franklin v. Pitts

    Publication Date: 2019-05-17
    Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Parsa Fattahi, Dominique Martinez, Kaye Burwell, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1724

    No Whistleblower Act violation where no causal link exists between an employee's grievance and alleged adverse employment actions