NLRB Affirms Dismissal of Failure to Bargain Complaint
8/30/22
Robert Chadwick obtained a favorable appellate ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) on behalf of a transportation company. After an evidentiary hearing, an administrative law judge below dismissed a failure to bargain complaint by the NLRB’s General Counsel. …
Eleventh Circuit Win in Landmark COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage Case
8/29/22
In a case of first impression, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of an insured’s claim for lost business income after it suspended operations at its restaurant due to COVID-19 in a matter handled by Philip Savrin and …
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Obtained for Insurance Company
8/29/22
Philip Savrin obtained an appellate victory in an insurance coverage case that arose from property damage to a commercial building caused by a storm. The property owner waited six months to submit a claim to its insurer despite the policy …
Court Affirms Summary Judgment in Public Employee First Amendment Case
8/29/22
Michael Hill obtained affirmance of a summary judgment award on behalf of the City of Roswell and its police officers in the Eleventh Court of Appeals after a former city police officer was terminated for flying a Confederate flag at …
Appellate Win Affirming Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Wrongful Foreclosure Claim
8/29/22
In appeal handled by Michael Freed and Brian Goldberg, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a plaintiff’s wrongful foreclosure claim. The court agreed with the district court that plaintiff lacked standing to challenge the validity of the assignment of …
Appellate Team Obtains Victory for Nonprofit Corporation in California Court of Appeals
8/29/22
San Francisco appellate team obtained an affirmance from the California Court of Appeals of a trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s petition for writ of mandate seeking reinstatement of his membership in a nonprofit corporation and other related relief. In a …
Georgia Court of Appeals Grants Petitions for Interlocutory Appeal to Two Cases
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. …
Successful Outcome Obtained for Client in the New Jersey Appellate Division
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 …
Appellate Win Secured 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 …
Favorable Result 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, …