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  • Doe v. Saint Joseph's Catholic Church et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Darren Wade Penn, Alexandra "Sachi" Cole, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Melina Danielle Lewis, (University of Georgia School of Law), Athens, Emily M. Hetherington, (Wilbanks Cease Clinic), Athens, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S21G0549

    Trial Court Erred in Concluding Plaintiff Could Not Present Evidence Sufficient to Toll Running of Time to Sue Church

  • Junior v. Graham

    Publication Date: 2022-03-25
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben C. Brodhead, III, Ashley Brooke Fournet, John Wesley Ingram Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Brian Terry, Michael Brandon Jones, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Joseph Robb Cruser, Raymond Russell Grant, II, (Cruser & Mitchell, LLP), Norcross, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S21G0578

    Post-Trial Attorney Fee Award For Litigation Expenses Did Not Preclude Separate Award For Failure to Accept Settlement Offer

  • Riley v. Georgia Association of Club Executives

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Adams Jacobs, Ross Warren Bergethon, Alex Fredrick Sponseller, John Scott Forbes, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Miles Christian Skedsvold, Zachariah Weston Lindsey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary Stuart Freed, Thomas Christopher Grant, Gerald Travis Chichester, (Freed Grant LLC), Atlanta, John Thomas Morgan, III, (Law Offices of Tom Morgan), Decatur, Alexander Volokh, (Emory University School of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0899

    Successor Public Official Could Not be Automatically Substituted For Predecessor Official Sued in Her Individual Capacity

  • Black Voters Matter Fund Inc. et al. v. Kemp et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Court Administration | Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Thomas Rhodes, Samuel Aaron Emas, (Hunter Rhodes LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Barrett Belinfante, Vincent Robert Russo, Jr., Javier Pico-Prats, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, Holly Anne Pierson, (Pierson Law LLC), Atlanta, Russell David Willard, Lee M. Stoy, Jr., Christopher M. CarrBryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Wayne Brown, Samuel Ethan Meller, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, George R. Hall, William James Keogh, III, James Christopher Driver, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, Barry Abbott Fleming, Frank Adam Nelson, Paul Simon Patterson Williams, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A1263

    Voter Advocacy Organization Lacked Standing to Challenge Legislation Splitting Judicial Circuit Into Two New Circuits

  • Shuler v. Akpan

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raymond Humphrey, (The Law Office of Raymond C. Humphrey, Esq.), Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Tallant, Jonah Howell, (Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1475

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion to set aside a default judgment because plaintiff failed to show diligence in serving defendant before service by publication

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  • Walker v. Richmond et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Timmons, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Jon David Huffman, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Welch, (Eric N. Welch PC), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1277

    Court sets aside a default judgment in a property dispute case because the order on a petition for declaratory judgment was entered on an impermissible advisory basis

  • Roney v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2022-03-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula McGill, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Carlton, (Carlton Law, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1508

    Court vacates order granting a motion to dismiss and remands for further proceedings in which appellant has an opportunity to present opposing evidence

  • Kemron Environmental Services, Inc. v. Prospira Paincare, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek Littlefield, Kirk McAlpin, (Cushing, Morris, Armbruster & Montgomery LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Gober, Richard Mitchell, Edward Cadagin, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1781

    Time to Move to Modify Default Judgment Began Running When Defendant Was Served

  • Griffin v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2022-03-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alfreda Williams, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsay Reese, (Law Office of Nancy W Phillips), Atlanta, Michael Broun, (Cowsert & Avery), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1316

    Court affirms dismissal of plaintiff's personal injury action for failure of timely service but vacates aspect of order that dismissed the action with prejudice

  • Fluellen v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2022-02-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Locke, (Locke Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Warren Smith, Gary Casper, (W. Calvin Smith II, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Hammer, (Lueder Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Atlanta, Jennifer Pridgeon, (DuBose Law Group LLC), Madison, for appellee; Wayne McGrew, Colleen Callaghan, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1234

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury car complaint because plaintiff did not exercise the greatest possible diligence to perfect service after statute of limitation expired