8/29/22
Silvia Cotriss v. City of Roswell, et al., Case No. 19-12747 (11th Cir., June 29, 2022). FMG Attorney Michael Hill obtained affirmance of a summary judgment award on behalf of the City of Roswell and its police officers …
Success Type: Appeals
8/29/22
Richard Durham v. Aerial Funding, LLC, Case No. 21-13847 (11th Cir., July 1, 2022). In appeal handled by Atlanta Partners Michael Freed and Brian Goldberg, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a plaintiff’s wrongful foreclosure claim. The …
FMG Appellate Team Obtains Victory for Nonprofit Corporation in California Court of Appeals
8/29/22
Jason A Bezis v. Livermore Heritage Guild, Case No. A160921 (Cal. Ct. App., June 30, 2020). FMG’s San Francisco appellate team obtained an affirmance from the California Court of Appeals of a trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s petition for …
8/29/22
Friendship Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Elevation Chophouse v. Hasty, (Ga. Ct. App.). The Georgia Court of Appeals recently granted a petition for interlocutory review filed by Atlanta Partners Wayne Melnick, Michael Freed, and Wes Jackson, of the trial court’s denial …
Eleventh Circuit Finds for Insurer in COVID-19 Case of First Impression in Georgia
6/6/22
Phil Savrin and Shawn Bingham successfully represented Allied Insurance Company of America (a Nationwide entity) in resisting a claim by a restaurant (Henry’s Louisiana Grill) seeking coverage for business income lost after it suspended its operations after the COVID-19 outbreak. …
12/15/21
Paul Piantino and Christopher Donnelly obtained a reversal and remand resulting from their Appeal of a Final Judgment entered by a Bergen County Trial Court. The case arose out of an underlying action in the United States District Court for …
California Court of Appeal Orders County to Produce To FMG Client 42,000 Withheld E-mails
11/22/21
Sacramento, CA. Dean Getz brought a California public records act case in the County of El Dorado in which he sought production of 42,000 e-mails between the County and a land developer. Getz was represented by Freeman Mathis & Gary’s …
Casey Stansbury and Team Secures Appellate Win in the Kentucky Court of Appeals
11/15/21
On November 12, 2021, Kentucky’s Court of Appeals issued a decision affirming the grant of summary judgment in favor of FMG client Carey Baldwin. In Leonard Crabtree v. Carey Baldwin, et al., the plaintiff claimed Mr. Baldwin negligently caused …
Dana Maine Prevails in Georgia Court of Appeals
6/10/21
Dana Maine obtained a very favorable result in the Georgia Court of Appeals on behalf of our client, a Community Manager for a condominium association. The decision affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment on claims for libel, slander, …
6/10/21
Christopher Lynch and Edward Storck obtained summary judgment in a case involving suit by plaintiff against the client dealership and the tortfeasor who was loaned a motor vehicle by the client dealership while the tortfeasor’s vehicle was in for repairs. …
Wayne Melnick and Wesley Jackson Obtain a Favorable Appellate Verdict
6/3/21
Georgia Court of Appeals reversed trial court’s denial of summary judgment to an out-of-possession landlord in a dog bite case holding that dog bite statute is not applicable to out-of-possession landlord, and without evidence of actual knowledge of dog’s vicious …
Matthew Jones Successful Before California Court of Appeals
7/29/19
Representing GEICO in a breach of contract action, Matthew Jones secured a favorable outcome in the California Court of Appeals. The action involved coverage issues arising out of damage to the engine of the plaintiff’s vehicle allegedly caused by fire. …