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Publication Date: 2023-04-28
Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
Industry: Transportation
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Khayat, Brian Spielman, (The Khayat Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Emily Borna, Andrew Salman, (Jackson Lewis, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A23A0685
Court vacates summary judgment order and remands for determination of whether an employee presented evidence that a stated reason for termination was pretextual
Publication Date: 2022-05-19
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Whistleblower Laws
Industry: Education
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice LaGrua
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Case Number: S21G1005
Time For Teacher to File Whistleblower Complaint Against School Began Running on Date She Received Notice of Formal Termination
Publication Date: 2022-03-31
Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government | Whistleblower Laws
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Gobeil
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eleanor Attwood, (Legare Attwood & Wolfe LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Randy Gepp, Ann Schildhammer, Marc Taylor, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A21A1754
Whistleblower Law Claimant Failed to Rebut Employer's Direct Evidence He Was Terminated For Stated Reasons
Publication Date: 2020-11-04
Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | Whistleblower Laws
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie J Bryan, Allegra J. Lawrence, Maia Jeanelle Cogen, Lisa Michele Haldar, (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Atlanta, Kaye Woodard Burwell, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Rebecca Wyatt McLaws, (McLaws law group LLC), Marietta, for appellee. Lisa Young Smith West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for Other Party. Philip Michael Thompson, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, David Norton Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins, (Balch & Bingham, LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
Case Number: S19G1619
Triable Factual Issues as to Whether Party's Inconsistent Position in Bankruptcy Case Barred Her Whistleblower Claims
Publication Date: 2020-05-07
Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government | Whistleblower Laws
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Reese
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Caldwell, Earnest Delong, (Delong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Nancy Val Preda, (Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellee.
Case Number: A19A2071
Whistleblower Complainants Presented Triable Issues of Fact as to Whether They Were Public Employees
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Publication Date: 2019-08-28
Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Whistleblower Laws
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Hodges
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca McLaws, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
for defendant: Allegra Lawrence, (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Atlanta, Kaye Burwell, (Office of Fulton Co. Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee. Steven West, (Days & West, P. C.), Atlanta, Lisa West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for Other Party.
Case Number: A19A0173
Court Reverses Order Granting Summary Judgment to County Facing Whistleblower Claims by Former Employee Where Trial Court Held That Claims Were Barred by Judicial Estoppel but Where Claims Were Timely Disclosed in Bankruptcy Court by Former Employee
Publication Date: 2019-05-17
Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Judge Brown
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
for defendant: Parsa Fattahi, Dominique Martinez, Kaye Burwell, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A18A1724
No Whistleblower Act violation where no causal link exists between an employee's grievance and alleged adverse employment actions
Publication Date: 2018-11-29
Practice Area: Public Utilities | Whistleblower Laws
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Langdale, Kathryn Parrish Bennett, (Langdale & Vallotton LLP), Valdostsa, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas Lehman, (Thomas L. Lehman), Cairo, Robert Middleton, (Hall, Booth, Smith P.C.), Cairo, Gabriel Ridley, Albany, The Ridley Law Firm, LLC), Cairo, Kathryn Dunnam, (Hall, Booth, Smith, P.C.), Albany, for appellee.
David E. Hudson, Augusta, David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for amicus curiae.
Case Number: A18A0843
No slander for opinion statements published about public figures, and no injunction available to preclude dissemination of non-harmful information.
Publication Date: 2018-04-03
Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government | Whistleblower Laws
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Weiner (Law Office of Julie M. Weiner), Marietta; Howard Evans (Howard R. Evans & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Kathryn Hinton, David Gevertz (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowtiz, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A1984
Employee Who Claimed Termination Violated Whistleblower Laws Failed to Show Employer's Proffered Reasons for Termination Were Pretextual
Publication Date: 2018-03-27
Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Whistleblower Laws
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Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cheryl Legare (Legare, Attwood & Wolfe, LLC), Atlanta; Edward Buckley (Buckley & Klein, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Alisa Cleek, Bryan Jacoutot (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: A17A1836
The trial court properly granted commission's motion for summary judgment on former public employee's retaliation claim under the Georgia Whistleblower Act because it was undisputed that she was no longer an "employee" at the time of the purported retaliatory acts.
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