• Barrow v. Raffensperger

    Publication Date: 2020-06-15
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade H. Tomlinson, III, Charles W. Byrd, George "Buddy" Darden, Michael Jonathan Moore, Michael P Morrill, Elizabeth Studdard White, (Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood), Atlanta, S. Lester Tate, III, (Akin & Tate, PC), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth T. Young, Russell David Willard, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, Elizabeth Ann Penland, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Joyce Gist Lewis, Adam Martin Sparks, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Monica Joy Hanrahan, (Hanrahan Freitag Family Law, LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.

    Case Number: S20A1029

    Secretary of State Could Not be Compelled to Hold Election in May For Position of Supreme Court Justice Whose Prospective Resignation In November Was Irrevocable

  • Williams v. Dekalb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-06-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Williams, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Bryan, Laura Johnson, Shaheem Williams, Terry Phillips, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0157

    Court reverses denial of petitioner's motion for pauper status because trial court did not hold a proper hearing on that motion

  • Macon-Bibb County v. Kalaski

    Publication Date: 2020-06-01
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Duke Groover, Lauren Schultz, Christopher Conley, (James Bates Brannan Groover, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0412

    Court rules that Macon-Bibb County is entitled to sovereign immunity against an injured party's premises liability cause of action

  • City of Pendergrass v. Rintoul et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Government | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Caldwell, Earnest Delong, (Delong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy Val Preda, (Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2071

    Whistleblower Complainants Presented Triable Issues of Fact as to Whether They Were Public Employees

  • Williams v. Dekalb County, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-01
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Vernon Burch, Addison Smith, John Lex Kennerly, (UGA School of Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Viviane H. Ernstes, Bennett Davis Bryan, Laura Karen Johnson, Terry Gerard Phillips, Shaheem Malik Williams (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, Kenneth Edward Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Brent William Herrin, Gus H. Small, Benjamin S. Klehr, (Small Herrin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Larry Wayne Ramsey, Jr., Kelly Jean Long Pridgen, (Association County Commissioners of Georgia), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.

    Case Number: S19A1163

    Court reverses county resident's claims for civil penalties under the Open Meetings Act

  • Doe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Miller, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Erin Donohue-Koehler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Lisa Moultrie, (Assistant Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2378

    Acquitted Defendant Failed to Show He Suffered Harm From County's Continuing Failure to Seal His Arrest Records

  • Georgia Department of Transportation v. Thompson et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Boyter, Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lori Nash, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Cummings, (Michael H. Cummings II, LLC), Clayton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1912

    Court vacates order denying a motion to dismiss a negligence action and remands case for application of a correct sovereign immunity standard

  • City of Lafayette v. Chandler

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Government | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Ray, Ronald Womack, (Womack, Gottlieb & Rodham, P.C.), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Sanders, Nathan Lock, (McCamy Phillips Tuggle & Fordham, LLP), Dalton, for appellee. Theodore Salter, (Theodore Salter, Jr. & Associates, P.C.), Kennesaw, Jason Darneille, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A2232

    Notice of Intent to Recover "$1,000,000.00" From City For Personal Injury Damages Satisfied Statutory Specificity Requirement

  • Lynn v. Lowndes County Health Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Government | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Connor, (Connor & Connor LLC), Augusta, Kenneth Connor, Anne Moore, (Connor & Connor LLC), Aiken, Scott Gwartney, (Brooks Leboeuf Foster Gwartney Leace & Hobbs), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2057

    Parent Lacked Authority to Enter Into Arbitration Agreement on Behalf of Her Disabled Son

  • City of Atlanta v. Dale

    Publication Date: 2020-03-24
    Practice Area: Premises Liability | Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torrey Smith, Sherida Mabon, Nina Hickson, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Baskin, (The Baskin Law Group, P.C. Peachtree Center North Tower), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2012

    Premises Liability Plaintiff Failed to Show Dangerous Manhole Constituted Public Nuisance