The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed summary judgment in a 35-year-old family deed dispute, holding that a deed signed by someone other than the named maker, with no indication of representative capacity, was facially invalid and that laches did not bar the claim of the party in peaceable possession.
The Idaho Supreme Court affirmed discovery sanctions striking plaintiffs’ experts for failing to disclose local standard-of-care consultants, but reversed summary judgment on causation—holding that foreseeability requires only a general risk of harm, not proof of a specific pharmacokinetic mechanism.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia vacated a permanent injunction against unpermitted septage disposal, finding regulatory gaps in the EPD’s permitting framework and directing the trial court to address nondelegation concerns on remand.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed the trial court’s grant of a new trial in an asbestos-talc ovarian cancer case against Johnson & Johnson, holding that conflicting expert testimony on causation prevented the evidence from ‘absolutely demanding’ the defense verdict.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed a $281,000 attorney fee award against a minority LLC member who pursued a derivative action without reading the operating agreement, but vacated fees awarded to individual defendants because the trial court failed to distinguish between frivolous and meritorious claims.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed summary judgment for a Cobb County landowner, holding that the word ‘proposed’ on a 1954 subdivision plat created an ambiguity about road dedication and that decades of county conduct disclaimed any public interest in the property.
In a published opinion with amicus participation from the Attorney General, the Appellate Division vacates a blanket disclosure order in a LAD sexual harassment case and provides detailed guidance on the Payton framework for workplace investigation privilege, including when waiver applies and its limits.
The Twelfth District affirmed the denial of an adoptive father’s Civ.R. 60(B) motion to vacate a child support order, holding that the father’s failure to raise R.C. 2151.361(B) at the original hearing or in a timely appeal foreclosed relief from the support obligation.
The Twelfth District affirmed summary judgment on res judicata grounds, holding that a prior summary judgment ruling on a premises liability claim was a final judgment on the merits even though the plaintiff later voluntarily dismissed the case under Civ.R. 41(A).
In a precedential opinion, the Commonwealth Court vacated the OOR’s procedural dismissal of a RTKL appeal, exercised de novo review rather than remanding, and affirmed the PSP’s denial of records relating to a noncriminal death investigation, holding that the noncriminal investigation exemption applied.