• Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v. Brewer

    Publication Date: 2023-08-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Odom, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Hughes, (Rahimi Hughes & Padgett, LLC), Savannah, James Doyle, Andrew Eaton, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Harold Melton, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Quentin Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Hunter, Patrick O’Connor, George Major, Irving Drought, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Edwin Page, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0452

    Court vacates order granting a motion to set aside a default judgment and remands for application of proper legal standard and assessment of movant's burden of proof

  • Eastside Recovery, LLC v. Calhoun

    Publication Date: 2023-08-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McIlvaine, (Williams Litigation Group, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Wooten, Trenton Edwards, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0615

    Driver Had No Common-Law Duty to Pay Towing Company Towing and Storage Charges Absent Any Contractual Relationship

  • Berlin et al. v. City of Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-01
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Daughdrill, (Giacoma, Roberts & Daughdrill, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Dunlavy, (Dunlavy Law Group, LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Futrell, Michael Wynter, Joshua Foster, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0370

    Court vacates summary judgment order in favor of the City on a zoning redevelopment matter because superior court failed to consider substantive issues

  • Wallace v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2023-07-18
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robin Clark, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Cale Brice, (The Brice Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristine Hayter, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Joshua Foster, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, Ian Kecskes, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0904

    Court affirms dismissal of wrongful death claims against the City because the plaintiff failed to substantially comply with ante litem notice requirements

  • In the Interest of H. P., a Child.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A23A0111

    Court affirms a juvenile court adjudication of a Probation Management Program with secure sanctions over juvenile's challenge that the adjudication was illegal

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  • Bell v. Lopez et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Bell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Padgett, (Fidelity National Law Group), Atlanta, Webster Richards, Queens, Mark Richards, Queens, Andrew Asare, Yulee, Eyelondra Austin, Orlando, The Offer Geek ATL, LLC, Stonecrest, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0723

    Party Could Not Maintain Claims to Quiet Title and For Ejectment Where He Lacked Title to Disputed Property

  • Wyatt v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority

    Publication Date: 2023-04-28
    Practice Area: Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Khayat, Brian Spielman, (The Khayat Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Borna, Andrew Salman, (Jackson Lewis, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0685

    Court vacates summary judgment order and remands for determination of whether an employee presented evidence that a stated reason for termination was pretextual

  • The State v. Berman

    Publication Date: 2023-04-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit), Swainsboro, Jessica Wilson, (District Attorney’s Office, Middle Judicial Circuit), Lyons, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Kirkland, (Law Office of Tina Maddox, LLC), Vidalia, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0654

    Trial Court Should Have Allowed Investigator's Testimony Regarding Defendant's Alleged Incriminating Statements About Prior Acts of Child Molestation

  • Atlanta Postal Credit Union v. Holiday et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Class Actions
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Kappler, Jeffrey Reynolds, William Diehl, (Thompson O’Brien Kappler & Nasuti), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristi McGregor, James Evangelista, David Worley, Hannah Drosky, (Evangelista Worley LLC), Atlanta, Jeff Ostrow, (Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Gilbert), Fort Lauderdale, Jonathan Streisfeld, Daniel Tropin, (One West Las Olas Blvd.), Fort Lauderdale, Jeffrey Kaliel, Berkley, Sophia Gold, (Kalielgold, PLLC), Berkley, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1630

    Court affirms denial of a motion to dismiss a class action in a breach of contract case involving credit union overdraft fees, and affirms certification of the class

  • Wright v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2023-04-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Molly Sutter, (Georgia Legal Services Program), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Dodgen, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1586

    Court reverses judgment of contempt against a husband, finding that he had not willfully failed to make payments of alimony or other court-ordered expenses