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  • Healthy-It, LLC et al. v. Agrawal et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
    Industry: Biotechnology | Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ney Hoffecker Peacock & Hayle, Michael R. Peacock, for appellants.
    for defendant: Arnall Golden Gregory, Stephen M. Dorvee, for appellees.
    Case Number: A17A1257

    The Court partially reversed the trial court's order partially granting and partially denying parties' motions for summary judgment in a case arising from the breakup of a joint venture company.

  • Zambetti v. Cheeley Investments, L.P. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contracts
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey L. Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant, Dana B. Miles; Conley Griggs Partin, Cale Conley, Andre T. Tennille III, Alyssa B. Baskam, for appellees.
    Case Number: A17A1052

    The Court affirmed the jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs in their suit for breach of contract and promissory estoppel arising out of defendant's oral agreement to pay the attorney fees of his legal adversaries in a real estate transaction.

  • Black et al. v. Nationstar Mortgage LLC. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts | Real Estate
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman (Attorney at Law), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Flynn, Kimberly Wright, Jennifer McCall, Jimmy Howell (McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1587

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to mortgage companies on their complaint for declaratory judgment and equitable reformation, in which they sought to reverse a foreclosure, void the related deed under power and special warranty deed and reinstate the modified security deed to a first priority position.

  • Great Water Lanier, LLC v. Summer Crest At Four Seasons On Lanier Homeowners Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-01-19
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tom Pye (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason LoMonaco (Nowack Howard, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1810

    Homeowners Association was entitled to summary judgment in landowner's action seeking a declaratory judgment that its land was not burdened by the declaration of covenants applicable to the subdivision, because landowner accepted a deed that unambiguously conveyed the land subject to the declaration of covenants, and, by doing so, voluntarily consented to be bound by such covenants.

  • Fulton County, Georgia v. Soco Contracting Company, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-04
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Freeman, Cathy Nash, Bethany White (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City; Cheryl Ringer (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta; Denval Stewart (Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Roberts (Roberts Construction Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Larry Ramsey (ACCG), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1001

    The Court of Appeals vacated the denial of County's motion for summary judgment in construction company's suit arising out of a contract for the construction of a cultural center and remanded the case for further consideration because it did not appear that the trial court considered whether the parties strictly complied with the procedure for modifying the contract.

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  • H&E Innnovation, LLC et al. v. Shinhan Bank America, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-01
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grace Tillman, Richard Wayne (Richard C. Wayne & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mitchell Rosen, Christopher Hoffman (Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2138

    The trial court erred in denying defendants' motion to enforce a settlement agreement because the rules of contract construction and the uncontroverted parol evidence resolved the ambiguity in the agreement in favor of defendants.

  • Oconee Investment Group, LLC v. Turk

    Publication Date: 2017-11-30
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A17A1193

    Defendant was not entitled to summary judgment in real estate agent's suit for breach of contract, fraud, quantum meruit, and unjust enrichment in connection with referral services she provided in a real estate transaction, as O.C.G.A. § 43-40-24 subsection (a) did not bar the real estate agent from bringing her action although she did not possess a valid Georgia real estate brokerage license because her activities fell within an exception to the statutes prohibition.

  • HH&L Electric, Inc. v. Hebbard Electric, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts | Evidence
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Long (Tucker, Everitt, Long, Brewton & Lanier), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Staak (Smith, Currie & Hancock), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0957

    The trial court erred in granting partial summary judgment to defendant in a breach of contract action that was based on a disagreement as to the amount of "profit" parties were to split in their joint venture because the trial court based that decision on disputed opinion testimony.

  • Fulton County, Georgia v. Soco Contracting Company, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Freeman, Cathy Nash, Bethany White (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City; Cheryl Ringer (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta; Denval Stewart (Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Roberts (Roberts Construction Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Larry Ramsey (ACCG), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A17A1001

    The trial court erred in denying county's motion for summary judgment in construction company's suit arising out of a contract for the construction of a cultural center because county was entitled to sovereign immunity on causes of action related to unwritten change orders.

  • Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Tracy

    Publication Date: 2017-11-21
    Practice Area: Contracts | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A17A1318

    The trial court erred in denying insurer's motion to dismiss plaintiff's breach of contract action because plaintiff lacked privity of contract with insurer and had not obtained a monetary judgment against its insured; plaintiff thus could not maintain a direct action against insurer.