The Court of Appeals affirmed a $1.9 million jury verdict against an LLC member who breached the operating agreement, fiduciary duties, and made negligent misrepresentations by secretly diverting company business to competing ventures.
The Court of Appeals affirmed a $1.9 million jury verdict against an LLC member who breached the operating agreement, fiduciary duty, and made negligent misrepresentations by secretly diverting company business to competing ventures.
The Court of Appeals reversed an involuntary dismissal in a property management dispute, holding that the property owner’s testimony alone was sufficient to prove damages and that excluded software reports were admissible as both business records and admissions by a party opponent.
The Court of Appeals of Georgia dismissed a criminal appeal under the new OCGA section 5-6-39.1, holding that the defendant’s motion for an out-of-time appeal was filed beyond the statute’s 100-day deadline and did not fall within the Cook v. State savings clause.
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a finding of civil contempt against a mother who repeatedly refused to follow court-ordered custody exchange locations, and issued a pointed warning about the use of AI-generated fictitious case citations in appellate briefs.
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed Joshua Rymer’s convictions for aggravated assault and criminal trespass, holding that his claimed belief that he was being pursued did not justify forcibly entering a home with a knife and did not warrant jury charges on mistake of fact or coercion.
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a $159,427 anti-SLAPP attorney fee award against a pro se attorney-plaintiff, holding that the FDCPA does not preempt Georgia’s anti-SLAPP fee-shifting provision and that self-represented attorneys may recover fees under the statute.
The Georgia Court of Appeals partially reversed a hearing officer’s decision in a COAM industry dispute, holding that a party who unconditionally promises to grant use of property it does not own is liable for breach of contract under long-settled Georgia law.
The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed Carl Morey’s conviction for theft by taking from his general contractor, rejecting multiple ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims and finding that limited victim-impact testimony during the guilt phase was harmless error.
The Court of Appeals vacated a portion of a criminal sentence that directed probation conditions to ‘be considered as conditions of parole,’ holding the language improperly invaded the executive branch’s exclusive parole authority.