• EMM Credit, LLC v. Alexander Remington et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bret Thrasher, Sarah Newman (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P. C.), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Koski (The Koski Firm), Sarasota; Grace Tillman (Richard C. Wayne & Associates, PC.), Atlanta; Steven Lefkoff (Lefkoff Law, LLC), Atlanta; Scott King (Jacobs King & Wallack LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1031

    The trial court properly found that creditor's fraudulent transfer claim was not assignable.

  • Avery et al. v. Paulding County Airport Authority et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Transportation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McKnight, Alison Ballard (Taylor English Duma, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Baker (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta; J. Davis, Lee Carter (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis LLP), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0849

    The Court partially reversed the dismissal of three related declaratory judgment actions arising out of the efforts of a county and a county airport authority to apply for a commercial Airport Operating Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration.

  • Curles et al. v. Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan Williams (The Williams Litigation Group, P.C.), Brunswick; Darren Penn (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta; Timothy Rigsbee, Michael Terry (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick O'Connor, Christopher Ray, Irving Drought (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah; Andrew Efaw, Thomas Olsen, Stephen Oertle (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP), Denver, for appellee. Kristin Hiscutt (Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.

    Case Number: A17A1298

    The trial court erred in dismissing plaintiffs' third amended complaint alleging ordinary and medical negligence against the owners, operators, and employees of a psychiatric treatment facility that treated and released a patient who later killed her grandmother and her aunt's boyfriend.

  • 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.

  • Hughes v. First Acceptance Insurance Company Of Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-12-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Cathey (Swope Rodante PA.), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Berry, Robin Johnson, James Evans (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0735

    The trial court erred in granting insurer's motion for summary judgment and but properly denied insured's motion for summary judgment in his suit alleging that insurer failed to settle an insurance claim, because genuine issues of material fact remained.

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  • Roberts et al. v. Quick Rx Drugs, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A17A0736

    The trial court properly granted partial summary judgment to pharmacy in plaintiffs' suit for professional negligence/malpractice and punitive damages after the pharmacy gave the plaintiff the wrong medication, allegedly resulting in a fall.

  • Malak v. Unifund CCR, LLC

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mohamad Malak, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brannon Carson (Roosen, Varchetti & Olivier PLLC), Atlanta; David Fife (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Mark Moore (Lazega & Johanson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0748

    In entering judgment against debtor in a suit on a credit card account, the trial court relied on inadmissible evidence and the wrong legal standard; accordingly, the Court remanded the case for the trial court to issue a new order on the bench trial based on properly admitted evidence.

  • Newstrom et al. v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2017-11-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A17A0954

    The trial court properly granted insurer's motion for summary judgment in insureds' declaratory judgment action in connection with their uninsured/underinsured motorist claim because, under Georgia law, a claimant who settles with a tortfeasor must execute a limited release pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 33-24-41.1 in order to preserve the claimants pending claim for UM motorist benefits against his or her own insurance carrier and here the claimant executed a general release of her claims against the other driver in the accident.

  • Moore et al. v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2017-11-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A16A1900

    The trial court properly affirmed a jury's verdict in favor of petitioner in his action to quiet title to certain property and properly denied defendants' motion for new trial because there was some evidence upon which the jury could rely in forming their verdict and any error in the trial court's initial decision to exclude certain evidence was harmless since the court eventually allowed admission of that evidence.

  • 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.