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  • Ivey v. McCorkle et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-10-31
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glee Smith (Attorney at Law), Warrenton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0796

    The trial court erred in ruling that certain City ordinances did not conflict with the City's Charter in mayor's suit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against City councilmembers.

  • McConnell et al. v. Georgia Department of Labor

    Publication Date: 2017-10-09
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott A. Schweber, Jefferson Madden Allen (Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathleen M. Pacious, Loretta L. Pinkston-Pope, Angela Ellen Cusimano, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16G1786

    The Court of Appeals erred in failing to address sovereign immunity in its decision affirming the dismissal of a class action suit against the Georgia Department of Labor arising from the Department's disclosure of the proposed class members' personal information in an email sent to approximately 1,000 Georgians.

  • O'Connor v. Fulton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2017-10-03
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Hunstein
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Matthew Maguire Jr. (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, PC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerolyn Webb Ferrari, Kristen Boyd Williams, Paula Rafferty Miller, Kaye Woodard Burwell (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta; Dominique A. Martinez (Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A0880

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to Fulton County in plaintiff's suit for breach of contract, mandamus relief and attorney fees after his employment as the Finance Director for Fulton County was terminated because Fulton County Personnel Regulation 300-4 subsection (7) does not form the basis of an employment contract.