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  • Columbia County v. Satcher et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-17
    Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Cathey, Fort Gordon, William Keogh (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Trotter, (Trotter Jones, LLP), Augusta, Harry Revell, Alexander Revell, (Nicholson Revell LLP), Augusta, William Trotter, (William A. Trotter, III, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0774

    Landowner Could Not Claim Adverse Possession Where Alleged Holder of Easement Never Claimed Right to Easement

  • Dekalb County et al v. City of Chamblee

    Publication Date: 2023-11-15
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, Brian Dempsey, Thomas Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Pearson, (Molden & Associates), Atlanta, Winston Denmark, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Paul Dzikowski, (Law Office of Paul J Dzikowski PC), Norcross, for appellee; Robert Reeves, Sarah Flanders, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0798

    Court reverses denial of the County's motion to dismiss the City's claims for declaratory judgment, payment of back taxes, and assessment of occupancy taxes for airport leasehold interests

  • Chandler v. City of Lafayette

    Publication Date: 2023-11-14
    Practice Area: Government | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan Lock, (McCamy Phillips Tuggle & Fordham, LLP), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Ray, Ronald Womack, (Womack, Rodham & Ray, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1037

    Genuine Issues of Material Fact as to Whether Firetruck Driver's Negligence Proximately Caused Vehicle Collision

  • McBrayer et al. v. Scarbrough

    Publication Date: 2023-11-03
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, INC.), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry Eugene Williams, Jason Christopher Waymire, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G1152

    "Use" of a patrol car for purposes of waiver of sovereign immunity is not limited to active use or use of the car as a vehicle

  • Karen Deloach Collins as Personal Representative of the Estate of Benny Deloach v. Schantz

    Publication Date: 2023-10-20
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Carter, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner, Carter, Strickland), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0741

    Court affirms denial of summary judgment due to issues of material fact as to whether a sheriff shot the plaintiff with actual malice, but reverses on Constitutional claims

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  • Marshall v. Lundy

    Publication Date: 2023-10-11
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gordon L. Joyner, (The Law Offices of Gordon Joyner), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen N. Hollomon, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1067

    Court affirms superior court decision that a mayoral candidate was validly elected as mayor of Fort Valley

  • Roberts v. Cuthpert

    Publication Date: 2023-10-10
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John R. Monroe, (John Monroe Law, PC), Dawsonville, or appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Christopher Waymire, Terry Eugene Williams, (Williams & Waymire, LLC), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0631

    Court holds that a party can seek costs and fees from a judge who denied a weapons carry license, finding that the judge did not have a sovereign immunity defense to the claim

  • Edwards v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-10-02
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrician Burton, Ross Bergethon, Christopher Carr, Tina Piper, Amy Radley, (Attorney General), Atlanta for appellant,
    for defendant: Michele Young, Paige Jann, (Georgia Justice Project), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1646

    Court reverses an order granting a writ of quo warranto against a district attorney, ruling that the quo warranto statute cannot be used to challenge his actions while in office

  • Flat Creek Falls, LLC v. Labat, Solely in his Capacity as Sheriff of Fulton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-19
    Practice Area: Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sams, (W. Shannon Sams Law, P.C.), Atlanta, Victoria Kealy, Thomas Whitley, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Meredith Germain, Valerie Ross, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, Bradley Hutchins, (Weissman, PC), Atlanta, Joshua Adams, (Internal Revenue Service), Seattle, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1145

    City's Lien Against Real Property Could Not Be Satisfied From Excess Funds Remaining After Tax Sale

  • H. J. Russell & Company v. Landmark American Insurance Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Bersinger, James Leonard, Christopher Daniels, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Landrum, Wayne Taylor, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins), Atlanta, Paul Fields, Ann Kirk, Taryn Kadar, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, Anthony Morris, Anthony Morris, (Akerman LLP), Atlanta, Wayne Taylor, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins), Atlanta, Taylor Davis, Robert Fisher, Jocelyn DeMars, (Clyde & Co. US, LLP), Atlanta, Jeremy Burnette, (Polsinelli, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0944

    Court affirms dismissal of an insured party's breach of contract claims against insurers that were based on intangible losses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic