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  • Wise Business Forms Inc. v. Forsyth County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-23
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Butler, (Attorney at Law), Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Hamilton, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Julie Jacobs, Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Luther Beck, John Zwald, (Beck, Zwald & Associates, LLC), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1459

    Court vacates its previous ruling and adopts Supreme Court opinion that reversed the dismissal of a plaintiff's property nuisance claim, finding that the statute of limitations had not been tolled

  • State v. Dixon

    Publication Date: 2023-12-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randal McGinley, (Newton County District Attorney’s Office), Covington, Tara Latimer, (Walton County DA’s Office), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Boyle, Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1394

    Court vacates sentence for armed robbery that deviated from both the mandatory minimum and the prosecutor's agreement because it was a reduced sentence made without consent

  • Docs of Ct, LLC v. Biotek Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Birg, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Brunson, (Brunson Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0974

    Court affirms arbitration award despite irregularities in arbitration process that involved ex parte communications between one party and the arbitrator and failure to maintain a proper record

  • Hi Technology Corp. v. Quality Investment Properties Suwanee, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Call Centers
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Blackwell, James Grant, Jonathan Parente, Caroline Rawls, Anderson Kemp, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Balser, Robert Griest, Billie Pritchard, Charles Spalding, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0808

    Court affirms liability limitation on claims for breach of contract, affirms in part and reverses in part summary judgment on defamation claims, and affirms denial of prejudgment interest

  • Knight v. Senoia Raceway Management, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Phillips, (Law Office of Johnny Phillips), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lonnie Haralson, (Lonnie J. Haralson, IV P.C.), Lagrange, Melissa McMullen, Brian Neary, (Webb, Zschunke, Neary, Dikeman, LLP), Atlanta, Andrei Ionescu, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0878

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a raceway in a personal injury case, finding that race participant assumed the risk of injury and rejecting his other supporting claims

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  • Champion v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Sirianni, George Thomas, (Brownstone PA), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christian Brown, Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney’s Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0887

    Court affirms convictions for identity fraud, forgery, and other charges over defendant's contentions ion insufficient evidence, improper admission of evidence, and ineffective assistance

  • Berrian v. Max Grin, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Neal Graham, (Graham Law LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Callie Bryan, Sydney Solomon, (Jones Cork & Miller, LLP), Macon, for appellee; Thomas Sippel, McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0754

    Court affirms summary judgment for an entertainment complex in in a slip and fall finding that the complex complied with the Roller Skating Safety Act of 1993

  • Houed-Cartacio v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hart, (William M Malone Hart PC), Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Black, Judith Catoe-Oglesby, Keith McIntyre, (Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1011

    Court vacates denial of motion to withdraw a guilty plea and remands for determination of whether plea counsel had a conflict of interest and whether it significantly affected his performance

  • Coleman v. Phillips et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Davis, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Arthur Phillips (Phillips & Phillips), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0835

    Court affirms partial summary judgment orders in attorney fee-sharing dispute, finding that open issues of material fact precluded plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on breach of contract claims

  • Golden Peanut Company, LLC et al. v. Miller et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-31
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James King, (The King Firm), Tifton, Joseph Hudson, (Hudson Injury Firm), Tifton, Bree Sullivan, (The Sullivan Firm), Thomasville, Leland Kynes, (Kynes Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Kyle, (Bovis, Kyle & Burch), Atlanta, Michael Caplan, Timothy Waddell, (Caplan Cobb, LLP), Atlanta, Danielle Le Jeune, Tia Ghattas, Amy Doig, Josh Greenbaum, (Cozen O'connor), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1270

    Court of Appeals vacates its prior judgment and vacates a trial court order denying a motion to exclude testimony based on Supreme Court's decision as to expert testimony in a vehicle accident case