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  • In the Interest of H. A. S., a child.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Rawls, (Lindsay and Rawls, LLC), Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Kathleen Gibson, (Saag), LaFayette, for appellee. Christopher Harden, (Attorney at Law), Woodstock, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0140

    Court vacates an order terminating a father's parental rights, finding that there was no clear and convincing evidence of an intent to abandon a child

  • In Re Declaration of Judicial Emergency.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-21
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Wayne Brown, (Augusta Law Department), Augusta, Tameka Haynes, (Frails & Wilson), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Long, (TuckerLong, P.C.), Augusta, Carl Brown, Augusta, for appellee. David E. Hudson, David Hudson, Augusta, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A0081

    Court dismisses City's appeal of an emergency judicial order because the court has no jurisdiction to consider the appeal

  • Rice et al. v. Fulton County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jonathan Palmer, (Knight Palmer, LLC), Atlanta, Ranse Partin, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, Lindsey Hillis, Delia Williams-Carroll, (The Hillis Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Colin Delaney, Anthony Rollins, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, Robin Burnette, (Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Cheryl Ringer, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Kaye Burwell, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Jeffrey Haymore, (Dillard Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, Anamaria Hazard, Reginald Martin, (City of Atlanta, Law Department), Atlanta, C. Thomas, Michael Stacy, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, Ken Jarrard, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Patrick Stough, E. Cox, Dennis Davenport, (McNally, Fox, Grant & Davenport, P.C.), Fayetteville, Richard Lindsey, (Lindsey Law Firm PC), Peachtree City, Winston Denmark, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Emilia Walker, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, John O'Neal, (Clayton County Boad of Commisioners), Jonesboro, Valorri Jones, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Jonesboro, Christa Freeman, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, Michael Huening, (Fincher Denmark LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Germain, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, William Turner, (Turner & Ross, LLC), Marietta, Daniel Lee, (Attorney For The City of Sandy Springs), Sandy Springs, Matthew Weiss, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, Brad Bowman, Decatur, Chad Alexis, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, Ernest Bennett, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, David Davidson, Robert Hulsey, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Lajuana Ransaw, Andrew Welch, Priya Patel, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1898

    Taxpayers Stated Class Action Claim Under Tax Refund Statute For Allegedly Illegal Assessments

  • Bell v. Hargrove

    Publication Date: 2020-12-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (Attorney at Law), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Bryan, Omari Crawford, (The DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1061

    Court affirms summary judgment denying a writ of mandamus against a Judge on a weapons carry license where applicant had other legal remedies

  • DD&D Family Properties, LLC v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2020-12-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Black, (Bannister and Black), Austell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Mecklin, Samson Newsome, (Tisinger Vance PC), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1339

    Court vacates summary judgment order for a party that redeemed a tax sale for real property because of trial court error in calculating the proper redemption amount.

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  • Woody v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-03
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Smith, (Law Office of James W. Smith), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White, (District Attorney), Hartwell, Michael Coveney, (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, Mark Anadell, (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1534

    No Double Jeopardy Where Trial Judge's Improper Communication With Witness Was Not Done With Intent to Abort Trial

  • Redford v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mike Redford, (Calhoun State Prison), Morgan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, Sean Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1429

    Despite Prior Appeals Arising From His Prosecution, Appellant Did Not Have a Direct Appeal From His Judgment of Conviction

  • Wanna v. Navicent Health, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-19
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Walker, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, Anthony Cochran, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Emily Ward, (Chilivis Cochran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Wood, Jared Miller, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Robert Brennan, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Julia Magda, (Magda Law, LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1378

    Court affirms, reverses, and vacates aspects of summary judgment orders in a lengthy dispute between a physician and a former employer

  • Starship Enterprises of Atlanta, Inc. v. Nash et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-16
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Government | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Retail | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alan Begner, Eric Coffelt, (Begner & Begner, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, Bryan Dykes, (Attorney at Law), Chattanooga, Amy Cowan, (Atkinson Ferguson, LLC), Monroe, Scott Bergthold, (Law Office of Scott D. Bergthold), Chattanooga, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1961

    Legislative Immunity Barred Claims Against Individual County Officials For Acts Performed in Their Official Capacities

  • Coen v. Aptean, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Timothy Coen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ames, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, Steven Collins, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Rachel Gage, Richard Robbins, Alexa Ross, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0522

    Statutory Abusive Litigation Claim Asserted in Renewal Suit Was Not Time-Barred; Derivative Request for Punitive Damages Also Not Time-Barred