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  • Blowe v. Roberts et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-10
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Larry Stewart, Dianna Lee, Michael Roth, (Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1470

    Court reverses a ruling and finds that a teacher's actions in classroom chemistry experiment were discretionary, not ministerial, and affirms that ordinances and safety codes do not create ministerial duties

  • Woods et al. v. Barnes et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Keith Webb, Russell David Willard, Susan Rose Haynes, Christopher M. Carr, Kristen Lea Settlemire, Stephen John Petrany, Ross Warren Bergethon, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Lewis Goodmark, (Goodmark Law Firm, LLC), Decatur, Gerald Richard Weber, Jr., (Law Offices of Gerald Weber, LLC), Atlanta, Philip A. Hostak, (National Education Association), Washington, for appellee; Brian C. Smith, Phillip L. Hartley, (Pereira, Kirby, Kinsinger & Nguyen, LLP), Gainesville, Lawrenceville, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S23A0821

    Court reverses lower court's decision on the constitutionality of a charter school's waiver from Fair Dismissal Act compliance

  • Knox et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Education Law | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, Sharnell S. Simon, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Amanda K. Rice, (Jones Day), Detroit, for appellant.
    for defendant: Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sarah Brewerton-Palmer, Michael Adam Caplan, (Caplan Cobb LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23A0167

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Challenge to Statute Permitting Firearm Possession on College Campuses

  • Tibbetts v. Worth County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-06
    Practice Area: Education Law | Employment Litigation | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cox, (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Matthew Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1542

    Teacher's Contract Was Renewed By Operation of Law, Precluding Sovereign Immunity Defense to Claim of Breach of Agreement

  • Griffith v. Robinson

    Publication Date: 2023-03-23
    Practice Area: Education Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lakeisha Griffith, Lilburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Farmer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Russell Britt, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee; Brandon White, (Fulton County Office of the Solictor General), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1742

    Tort Claims Based on Complaint Filed With Professional Standards Agency Was Barred by Sovereign and Official Immunity

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  • Jackson County Board of Education v. City of Commerce Board of Education et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-03-20
    Practice Area: Education Law | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Marshall, Henry Chalmers, Morgan Harrison, (Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, R. Syfan, (Hulsey, Oliver and Mahar, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1664

    Educational Services Agreement Between County and City Education Boards Was Enforceable Intergovernmental Contract

  • Georgia School Boards Association Risk Management Fund v. Royal et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-14
    Practice Area: Education Law | Insurance Law
    Industry: Education | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Fields, Ann Kirk, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Hudson, (Hudson Injury Firm), Tifton, for appellee; Joseph Durham, (Joe Durham, Jr., P.C.), Albany, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1595

    School's Insurance Did Not Cover Teacher Injured by Parent's Violent Attack

  • Nance et al. v. Houston County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Education Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice King, (Law Offices of Maurice Luther King, Jr., P.C.), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Jerles, (Daniel, Lawson, Tuggle & Jerles, LLP), Perry, for appellee. George Hartwig, Katherine Lumsden, (District Attorney Houston Judicial Circuit), Perry, Harold Melton, (Justice Supreme Court of Georgia), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0367

    Appeal From School District's Disenrollment of Children Did Not Comply With Interlocutory Appeal Procedures

  • Grand Canyon Education, Inc. v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2021-03-18
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Dispute Resolution | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derin Dickerson, Kristen Bromberek, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant: G. Lemond, Edward Webb, (Webb, Klase & Lemond, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1894

    Federal Regulations Prohibited Enforcement of Arbitration Clause in Online College's Enrollment Agreement

  • Barnes et al. v. Bearden et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-18
    Practice Area: Education Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Goodmark, (GLF), Decatur, Gerald Weber, (Law Offiecs of Gerry Weber, LLC), Atlanta, Philip Hostak, (National Education Association), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Smith, Phillip Hartley, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, Ross Bergethon, Josiah Heidt, Christopher Carr, Annette Cowart, Russell Willard, Susan Haynes, Andrew Pinson, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1041

    Court rules that a former teacher's request for an injunction and reinstatement were not barred by official immunity and that her complaint did not fail to state a claim