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  • Potts v. Clowdis

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Butt, (James Hugh Potts II, LLC), Atlanta, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Levenson, (Louis Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1966

    Court reverses jury verdict and award for legal malpractice damages because trial court failed to properly redact a complaint and to give proper jury instructions.

  • Jones v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2021-07-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hurt, (Hurt Stolz, P.C.), Watkinsville, John Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Calvert, Eric Taylor, Laura Wagner, Ra Amen, (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0370

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Determination That It Lacked Jurisdiction Due to Plaintiff's Failure to File Complaint Within 30 Days of Appeal Board's Decision

  • Union Carbide Corporation v. Brannan et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Payne, William Massey, Philip Sandick, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Buck, (Buck Law Firm), Peachtree Corners, Brian Kinsley, Greensboro, for Appellee
    Case Number: A21A0143

    Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss personal injury claims of a decedent's estate where prior pending claims doctrine did not bar the refiling

  • Humphries v. Weekly

    Publication Date: 2021-07-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Michael Pryor, (Michael P. Pryor, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lindsay Reese, (Law Office of Nancy W Phillips), Atlanta, Anderson Robinson, (Brown & Adams, LLC), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0098

    Court vacates order dismissing car accident injury case for lack of service of process and remands for application of correct legal standard, facts, and conclusions of law

  • Jackson v. Crickmar, Warden

    Publication Date: 2021-07-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Steven Mark Rodham, (Womack, Rodham & Ray, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0286

    Merger Claims May Be Raised for the First Time in Habeas and Are Not Procedurally Barred by Habeas Petitioner's Failure to Raise Them Earlier in His Criminal Case

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  • Harvey et al. v. Merchan

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Ellene Rader, (Candace E Rader P.C.), Carrollton, Met Merritt Lane, (Shadrix Lane & Parmer, PC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Esther Dina Feuer Panitch, (The Panitch Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Brian Joseph Atkinson, Emily M. Hetherington, Devin LeDrut Mashman, (Wilbanks Cease Clinic), Athens, for Appellee; Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant; Lyle Griffin Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Darren Wade Penn, Kevin M. Ketner, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, Jacqueline Olivia Eisermann, Richard A. Horder, (Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0143

    Law Applies to Torts Committed in Georgia, While Quebec Law Applies to Torts Committed in Quebec; Trial Court Must Compare Respective Limitations Periods

  • Armstrong et al. v. Cuffie et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy James Gardner, Henrietta Gaveral Brown, (Gardner Trial Attorneys), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas F. Cuffie, Magua Bianca Benson, (The Cuffie Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; James Andrew Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S20G1404

    Statute of limitations for legal malpractice claim in a negligence case begins on the last day when injured party' counsel could have started an underinsured motorist claim

  • Douglas R. Wilson et al v. Redmond Construction, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-09
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Evidence
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Lovett, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Evans, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0506

    Bona Fide Controversy Precluded Attorney Fees Award For Stubborn Litigiousness or Unnecessary Trouble and Expense

  • In the Interest of B. B.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Mulholland, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, Robert Richardson, (Public Defenders Standards Council), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ernie Sheffield, (Private Attorney), Colquitt, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0480

    State May File Direct Appeal From Juvenile Court Order Denying Its Motion to Transfer to Superior Court

  • Dashtpeyma v. Walker et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hassan Dashtpeyma, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Maine, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0631

    Res Judicata Precluded New Action Based on Same Facts and Relating to Same Parties Involved in Earlier, Resolved Action