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  • Carr v. Yim

    Publication Date: 2023-11-09
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Dwyer, (Dwyer Law Group), Atlanta, James Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Glenn Tornillo, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Peachtree Corners, Candice Bryant, (Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0687

    Injured party in a negligence case was not entitled to attorney fees and litigation expenses because she did not serve a valid settlement offer in a renewal action after dismissing her original complaint

  • NRD Partners II, L. P. v. Quadre Investments, L. P

    Publication Date: 2022-08-03
    Practice Area: Discovery | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stanford Wilson, Brent Wasser, (Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson LLP), Atlanta, Max DeLeon, Fredric Cohen, (Cheng Cohen LLC), Chicago, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Tate, Tyler Dillard, Jaletta Smith, (Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.), Duluth, for appellee; Emily Hancock, Richard Strickland, (Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins), Brunswick, Leland Wykoff, Pigeon Forge Lawrence Lebow, Gainesville, Jonathan Lebow, Mercer Island, Miriam Roth, Mercer Island for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0595

    Court vacates attorney fee award in matter involving a motion to compel discovery against a non-party in a shareholder dispute and remands for further analysis

  • Rosser v. Clyatt et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Langdale, Kathryn Parrish Bennett, (Langdale Vallotton, LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara Mulholland, (Dennis, Corry, Porter & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, Anna Cross, (The Cross Firm LLC), Decatur, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, W. Langdale, (Langdale & Vallotton LLP), Valdostsa, Thomas Lehman, (Thomas L. Lehman), Cairo, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Gabriel Ridley, (The Ridley Law Firm, LLC), Cairo, Kathryn Harden, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0469

    Court affirms award of attorney fees for appellate matters under the Georgia anti-SLAPP statute

  • Alexander Law Firm, P.C. v. Richburg

    Publication Date: 2021-11-05
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herald Alexander, (Alexander Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Trigg, Sarah Trevino, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0823

    Court affirms denial of lawyer's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict where jury found in favor of a former client and against the lawyer

  • Accelerated Claims, Inc. v. Howell & Johnson, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-01-26
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Bogan, Curtis Garrett, Jeffrey Fisher, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Johnson, (Howell & Johnson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Samuel Rutherford, Michael Barry, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Carl Anderson, Thomas Mock, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Colin Moriarty, (Moriarty Law, PC), Athens, Kevin Elwell, (K.M. Elwell, P.C.), Athens, William Stone, (William S. Stone, P.C.), Blakely, Ryals Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, for Other party.
    Case Number: A20A1860

    Court vacates an award that enforced a prior judgment of fees to a non-party because the trial court lacked jurisdiction, and vacates a separate additional award

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • Jackson et al. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2021-01-26
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Lampros, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lance Gowens, (The Gowens Law Firm, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1701

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment, concluding that an attorney was not liable for conversion over retention of a contingency fee in a wrongful death action

  • Anglin et al. v. Smith et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-20
    Practice Area: Fee Disputes | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Schlachter, (The Schlachter Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Donald Swift, Render Freeman, Jaletta Smith, (Anderson Tate & Carr, PC.), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Cline, (Huff Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1593

    Court affirms attorney fee award for defendant under OCGA §9-11-68 in a medical malpractice case where defendant made a good faith settlement offer that was rejected

  • Steed v. Steed

    Publication Date: 2020-06-17
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law | Fee Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sammie Mitchell, (law Office of S. Mark Mitchell, LLC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lance Owen, (Johnston Owen & Bullard, LLP), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0316

    Trial Court in Child Support Action Erred in Awarding Attorneys' Fees to Mother; There Were No Bills Presented and No Testimony as to Fees' Reasonableness

  • Earls. v. Aneke et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-19
    Practice Area: Contracts | Fee Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Jason, (Jason & Bradley, LLC), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0329

    Court reverses summary judgment order due to trial court's failure to properly consider litigant's argument.

  • In Re Sierra Leigh Wertzer

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Family Law | Fee Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie O'Neal, Leslee Hungerford, (O'Dell & O'Neal Attorneys), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Morrison, (The Morrison Law Firm LLC), Marietta, Caryn Fennell, Rhonda Smith, Lacey Briasco, (The Law Firm Of Caryn S. Fennell PC), Woodstock, for appellee. Arthur Marateck, (Arthur H. Marateck P.C.), Marietta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: A18A1774

    Incapacitated adult's guardian is not liable for fees charged by guardian ad litem