• TMX Finance, LLC et al. v. Goldsmith et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-11
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D'Cruz, (Baker Hostetler), Atlanta, Anthony Decinque, (United States Department of Justice Richard B. Russell Federal Building), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Hunter, Inman Hodges, George Major, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, Jeffrey Harris, Stephen Lowry, Yvonne Godfrey, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, for appellee. Kirby Mason, David Burkoff, (Hunter, MaClean, Exley & Dunn, P. C), Savannah, Billy Jones, (Jones, Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0855

    Plaintiffs Who Run Hearing Aid Company Fail to State a Claim for Breach of an Option Agreement

  • Incomm Financial Services, Inc. v. Global Payments, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-03
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: A18A1608

    Court reinstates negligent misrepresentation claim against payment system entity

  • Bush v. AG South Farm Credit et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contractual Disputes | Insurance Law
    Industry: Agriculture | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Vaughn (Vaughn Wright & Boyer LLP), Forsyth; Allen Olson (Allen H. Olson PC), Albany; Benjamin Vaughn (Dillon and Vaughn PC), Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Duke Groover, William Horkan (James Bates Brannan Groover LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0339

    Insurance Broker May Have Violated Fiduciary Duty By Failing to Apprise Client of Crop Insurance Documentation Requirements

  • Stapler v. Boling et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Buice (Kevin B. Buice LLC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Bills (David S. Bills PC), Atlanta; Diane Sternlieb (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellee. Johannes Kingma (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0374

    Professional Negligence and Abusive Litigation Claims Failed Based on Res Judicata and Failure of Notice

  • I. A. Group, Ltd, et al. v. RMNANDCO, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-23
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Anulewicz, Brooke Gram (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Edwards, Paul Piland (Cochran & Edwards LLC), Smyrna, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0578

    Although the trial court properly denied appellants' motion for summary judgment in appellee's action against them asserting various business-related tort claims, the trial court erred in reinstating a damages award to appellee after the Court of Appeals reversed the award in a prior appeal.

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  • New Star Realty, Inc. v. Jungang PRI USA, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-20
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Durant (Attorney at Law), Tucker; Leland Kynes (Kynes Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Flake, Megan Mitchell (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Jeongha Lee (Jackson County Correctional Institute), Jefferson; West Point Property Group LLC, Atlanta; New Star Realty & Investment Inc, Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0777

    Francisor Real Estate Company Not Vicariously Liable For Franchisee President's Improper Transfer of Escrow Account Funds

  • Wallace v. Wallace et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-18
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Corporate Governance
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Ford (James Lee Ford P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Gebhardt (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge; John Webb (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0778

    The trial court erred in determining that appellant was required to sell his stock in a family-owned business at the 1994 value and in applying a minority interest discount to the value of the stock, as the trial court should have valued appellant's shares in 2003 when he breached the shareholders buy-sell agreement by refusing to sell his shares.

  • Cancel et al. v. The Medical Center Of Central Georgia, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-02
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals | Contracts
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Branch
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George McGriff, Eric Wyatt (George W. McGriff & Associates), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ranse Partin (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta; W. Persons (King & Spalding), Atlanta; Alfred Adams, Cynthia Burnside (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1708

    The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's ruling that hospital defendants were immune from plaintiffs' breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claims and the denial of plaintiffs' motion to supplement the record on appeal.

  • Baja Properties, LLC v. Mattera et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-25
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Davis (Lee Davis Law LLC), Atlanta; Emma Burke (Bailey Davis LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Ney (William Brent Ney LLC), Atlanta; Donna-Marie Hayle (Ney Hoffecker Peacock & Hayle), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1875

    Unlicensed Contractor Could Not Enforce Contract with Property Owners to Build Home for Them

  • Lucas v. Beckman Coulter, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-12
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dustin Thomas Brown, Peter John Daughtery (Daughtery Crawford & Brown, LLP), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurtis A. Powell, Robert Thomas Dumbacher (Hunton & Williams), Atlanta; Clayton Matthews Adams, Jeffrey Albright Brown (Brown & Adams LLC), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: S17G0541

    The Court of Appeals improperly construed O.C.G.A. § 16-11-135 (e), part of the Business Security and Employee Privacy Act, as granting employers immunity from all firearm-related tort liability for the acts of its employees and the Supreme Court thus reversed the Court of Appeals' decision affirming the grant of summary judgment to employee and employer in plaintiff's suit arising after employee accidentally shot him with a personal handgun while on a service call for employer at plaintiff's place of employment.