• 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

  • Sawnee Electric Membership Corporation v. Georgia Public Service Commission

    Publication Date: 2024-04-19
    Practice Area: Public Utilities
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Eckrote, Griffin Ingraham, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lee Peifer, James Orr, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Thomas Reilly, Thomas Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Talis Trevino, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, for other party; Richard Tisinger, (Tisinger, Vance P.C.), Carrollton, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A1381

    Court affirms Public Service Commission's decision allowing Georgia Power to service Electric Vehicle charging station and rejects challenge based on interpretation of the Electric Service Act

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  • In the Interest of K. G. V., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-04-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darice Good, (Darice M. Good, LLC d.b.a Good Legal Firm, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Janelle Williams, (Georgia Wills and Trust), Atlanta, Karen Vandenberg, Lawrenceville, for appellee; LeAnne Hicks, (The Chancey Law Firm, PC), Braselton, Linda McKinley, (Attorney at Law), Winder for other party; James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A23A1299

    Court vacates denial of maternal grandmother's petition for adoption and remands the case for reevaluation of the child's best interests in view of parental abandonment

  • McDaniel v. McDaniel et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-18
    Practice Area: Family Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Colvin, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Evans, Fisher Law, (Evans Law Firm), Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1310

    Court reinstates ex-wife's malicious prosecution claims against ex-husband and his family members, citing trial court's misapplication of interspousal tort immunity

  • Nayani v. Bhatia et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-18
    Practice Area: Cybersecurity | Privacy
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yasha Heidari, (Heidari Power Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Chenyu Li, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Zelonka, Jenna Fowler, Kelli Steele, (Wood Smith Henning & Berman, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1716

    Court reverses summary judgment for defendants in a plaintiff's lawsuit for invasion of privacy and violations of computer systems protections in a case involving unauthorized access of medical records

  • Everett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Horne Petrey, (Dekalb County Public Defender’s Office), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Sarah Jane Thomas, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Mario Kladis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0396

    Court affirms convictions for felony murder and other crimes over defendant's claims of jury instruction error on justification and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Richardson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dillon McConnell, (The Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Ruth M. Pawlak, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S24A0179

    Court affirms felony murder conviction over defendant's contentions of improper witness testimony bolstering and ineffective assistance of counsel