• Creamer et al. v. Manley

    Publication Date: 2024-04-24
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Adams, Jared Roberts, (Attorney at Law), Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Tanner, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0111

    Court confirms validity of will and rejects caveators' claims of testator's lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence by named beneficiary

  • Anderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Goldberg, (The Law Office of Ben Goldberg, LLC), Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0358

    Court affirms convictions for rape and related charges over defendant's challenges of juror's compromise, ineffective assistance of counsel, and insufficient evidence

  • Fun Spot America of Atlanta, Inc. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2024-04-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Strickland, Kelly Chartash, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Je'Nita Lane, (The J. Lane Law Group, P.C.), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1463

    Court reverses denial of amusement park's motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case, finding that park patron assumed the risk of injury in a go-kart collision incident

  • Wakefield et al. v. Kiser

    Publication Date: 2024-04-23
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Poole, (Poole Huffman), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Mayes, Richard Robbins, Catherine Sullivan, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Garrett Nail, (Portnoy Garner & Nail LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A1705

    Court affirms summary judgment for rescission of contract, but reverses attorney fee award at summary judgment and remands for jury's consideration of fees

  • Brownphil, LLC v. Cudjoe et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-23
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kim Stroup, James Banter, (James Bates Brannan Groover, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Mayo, (Mayo Hill), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1762

    Court affirms prescriptive ownership in a property dispute, finding that property claimants had possessed disputed property under a claim that was public, continuous, exclusive, and uninterrupted

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  • McCommons, et al. v. White, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman, (Attorney at Law), Madison, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Joedecke, Render Freeman, Tyler Dillard, Hayley Rymer, (Andersen Tate & Carr PC), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1541

    Court affirms $22 Million Award in wrongful death lawsuit against dirt bike trail operator, finding evidence of gross negligence that precluded operator's reliance on a waiver signed by decedent

  • North Atlanta Vascular Clinic, P.C. v. Thomas Matthews et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Lowrey, Jeffrey Chen, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Edwin Page, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Grubman, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner LLP), Atlanta, Stephen Bauer, Jarvarus Gresham, Jacqueline Menk, (BakerHostetler LLP), Atlanta, Scott Grubman, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner LLP), Atlanta, Kurt Lentz, (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Roy Banerjee, Damon Scott, (Kimar Prabhu Patel and Banerjee LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A1627

    Court affirms summary judgment order against a clinic that sought to enforce a non-compete clause against a doctor who had worked at the clinic

  • Golden Pantry Food Stores, Inc. v. Bradley

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackson Dial, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: ShaMiracle Rankin, (CP Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Graddock, Keenan Nix, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PLLC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1597

    Court vacates spoliation sanctions against retail food store in a pair of premises liability cases and remands for reconsideration of plaintiff's actions under an alternate standard

  • Sivak v. Georgia Department of Natural Resources

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Cross, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, Brandon Smith, (Shiver Hamilton LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Boyter, Christopher Carr, Angela Cusimano, Kristine Hayter, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1323

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury and premises liability lawsuit against Georgia Department of Natural Resources, citing sovereign immunity and discretionary functions exception

  • College Park Business and Industrial Development Authority v. College Park Mob, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Brian Goldberg, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Shannan Oliver, Benjamin Dell'orto, (Bloom Parham LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1332

    Court reverses grant of specific performance in real estate dispute due to trial court's lack of consideration of property value, but affirms summary judgment denying seller's breach of contract claims