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FULTON COUNTY v. WARD-POAG

S19G1619.

849 S.E.2d 465 (2020)

FULTON COUNTY v. WARD-POAG.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 5, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie J. Bryan , Allegra J. Lawrence , Maia Jeanelle Cogen , Lisa Michele Haldar , Lawrence & Bundy LLC, 1180 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 1650, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Kaye Woodard Burwell , Assistant County Attorney, Office of the Fulton County Attorney, 141 Pryor Street, S.W., Suite 4038, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Rebecca Wyatt McLaws , McLaws Law Group LLC, 707 Whitlock Avenue, Suite A-40, Marietta, Georgia 30064, Attorneys for the Appellee.

Lisa Young Smith West , The West Firm, 235 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Attorneys for the Other Party.

Philip Michael Thompson , Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP, 2 East Bryan Street, 10th Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, David Norton Nelson , Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP, P.O. Box 18086, Macon, Georgia 31209, Elissa Blache Haynes , Drew, Eckl & Farnham LLP, 303 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3500, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Malissa Anne Kaufold-Wiggins , Balch & Bingham, LLP, 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, N.W., Suite 700, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Attorneys for the Amicus Appellant.

In this case, summary judgment was awarded to Fulton County on Sandra Ward-Poag's civil whistleblower claims on the ground of judicial estoppel. In particular, the superior court concluded that judicial estoppel barred Ward-Poag's claims because she took an inconsistent position regarding the nature of those claims when she failed...

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