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  • City of Roswell v. Bible et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Gignilliat, Patrick Lail, Timothy Boughey, (Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mary Ellen Conner, Michael Fistel, (Johnson Fistel, LLP), Marietta, William Stone, (Johnson Fistel, LLP), Atlanta, David Weisz, (The Shaul Law Firm, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1310

    Possibility That Different Defenses Might Be Raised Against Particular Class Members Did Not Compel Finding That Individual Issues Predominated Over Common Issues

  • Hunter v. Will et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight Thomas, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Bennett, Richard Gignilliat, (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson LLP), Atlanta, Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, William Linkous, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, Kenneth Robin, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1481

    Court affirms dismissal of a Commissioner's appeal to the Supreme Court where Commissioner sought to invalidate an Ethics Board reprimand.

  • Crewe Acquisitions, Inc. v. Kendrick

    Publication Date: 2019-09-06
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Long, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Johnson, (Keith B. Johnson, LLC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1252

    Court Vacates Award of Attorney's Fees to County in Interpleader Action to Establish Who Was Entitled to Excess Tax Sale Proceeds Where Trial Court Failed to Identify Basis for Awarding Fees to Tax Commissioner Who Brought the Action

  • Bailey v. Georgia World Congress Center et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-09-06
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Watts (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathleen Turnipseed, (GA Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1159

    Court Affirms Dismissal of Claims by Fan Injured at NFL Game at Georgia Dome Who Failed to Give Notice of the Nature and Extent of the Injuries that Gave Rise to Her Claims to State Agency that Operated Georgia Dome at the Time of Injury

  • Ward-Poag v. Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca McLaws, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allegra Lawrence, (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Atlanta, Kaye Burwell, (Office of Fulton Co. Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee. Steven West, (Days & West, P. C.), Atlanta, Lisa West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A19A0173

    Court Reverses Order Granting Summary Judgment to County Facing Whistleblower Claims by Former Employee Where Trial Court Held That Claims Were Barred by Judicial Estoppel but Where Claims Were Timely Disclosed in Bankruptcy Court by Former Employee

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  • Clayton County, Georgia v. New Image Towing and Recovery, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-27
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack Hancock, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Forest Park, Dana Maine, Matthew Weiss, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Winston Denmark, Steven Fincher, Danielle Matricardi, (Fincher, Denmark & Williams, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellee. Travis Smith, Aaron McCullough, (Foster, Foster, & Smith, LLC), Jonesboro, for Other party.
    Case Number: A19A0298

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order That Reversed Zoning Board's Denial of Business License to New Business That Refused to Submit a Site Plan for Its Primary Place of Business, Disapproving of Trial Court's Narrow Construction of Zoning Ordinances

  • Institute for Justice v. Reilly et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Information Governance and Compliance
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Sutton, (Sutton Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Mark Perry, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP), Washington, Alex Harris, Matthew Reagan, (Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP), San Francisco, R. Valvo, Ryan Mulvey, (Cause of Action Institute), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wayne Allen, Shawn Story, (Office of Legislative Counsel), Atlanta, Hugh Lanier, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee. Madison Kitchens, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: A19A0076

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Dismissing Claims Against Offices of the General Assembly Under Georgia's Open Records Act, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Act Did Not Apply to Offices of the General Assembly

  • State of Georgia v. Duncan et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bunner, Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Beisswenger, David Thomson, (Beisswenger & Thomson P.A.), Athens, Jed Manton, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton, LLP), Atlanta, Ashley Alfonso, Roger Harris, (Swift, Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Capobianco, Richard Bruno, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, Valerie Pinkett, (Guideone Insurance), Des Moines, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0292

    Court Affirms Order Dismissing Claims Against Foster Parents by Biological Parents of Dead Child, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Sovereign Immunity Barred Claims Against Foster Family

  • The Georgia Department of Transportation v. Delor et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-22
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, Andrew Brown, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Melissa Tracy, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stuart Walker, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, Caroline Herrington, (Adams Jordan & Treadwell, P.C), Macon, Donald Jordan, (Adams Jordan & Treadwell, P.C), Milledgeville, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee. Mark Lefkow, David Root, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Lervette Blair, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Ian Rapaport, (Law Offices of Ian Rapaport), Atlanta, Michael Loebl, James Purcell, (Fulcher Hagler LLP), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0361

    Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part Various Pre-Trial Orders, Largely Approving of Trial Court's Narrowing of Issues for Resolution at Trial

  • Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. One Sixty Over Ninety, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-20
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Banks, Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Edward Tolley, (Attorney At Law), Athens, Devin Smith, (Cook & Tolley LLP), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Austin Hemmer, Jeffrey Willis, (Rogers & Hardin, LLP), Macon, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0006

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Order Denying Sovereign Immunity to University of Georgia for Alleged Violations of the Georgia Trade Secrets Act