Filter This View

  • Sons of Confederate Veterans v. Henry County Board of Commissioners

    Publication Date: 2023-08-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walker Chandler, Peachtree City, Timothy King, (Hodges, McEachern & King), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Megan Martin, Patrick Jaugstetter, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee; Mawuli Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC), Decatur, Maryum Jordan, (Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A21A0734

    Court affirms trial court holding that an individual's lawsuit for injunctive relief over removal of a Confederate monument is barred by sovereign immunity.

  • Green et al. v. Pinnix et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellee; Georgia Hospital Association, Inc. et al., Atlanta, Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A0547

    Court reverses an order finding that a defendant had violated HIPAA, concluding that the transmission of medical records to a treating doctor was not a HIPAA violation

  • Lewis v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Jewell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 14-21-00691-CR

    Defendant's stepdaughter complained to her mother that defendant sexually had abused her for three years.

  • Wright v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Smith
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 10-21-00297-CV

    Appellant Lewis Wright challenged a judgment involving a property in Navarro County.

  • Stephenson v. State of Texas

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Sudderth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-22-00101-CR

    Appellant sexually abused four of his wife's children and a jury convicted him of two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a young child under the age of 14, three counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 17, and one count of indecency with a child under the age of 17.

  • LeBlanc v. LeBlanc

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-22-00218-CV

    The parties' final decree of divorce awarded the marital home to appellee contingent on appellant refinancing the promissory note securing the home and paying appellant $75,000 within 15 days of the refinancing.

  • Moore v. Humble

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Raymond, (Hogue & Hogue (Of Counsel)), Macon, Carmel Sanders, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Adams, (Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.), Macon, Kice Stone, (Stone Family Law, LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0204

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment motion on breach of contract and fraud and affirms denial of discovery motions in a case involving breach of a marriage promise

  • Riley et al. v. Barreras

    Publication Date: 2023-07-28
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristi Bankston, (Worsham Corsi Scott and Dobur), Marietta, Robert Harrison, Jackson Griner, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alex Dixon, (Alex L. Dixon, P.C.), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0553

    Plaintiff Offered No Evidence to Support Theories of Negligent Entrustment or Vicarious Liability

  • Phillis Graham v. Hospice Savannah, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-26
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Foster, Marvin McGahee, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter, LLC), Savannah, for appellee; Jordon Morrow (Brannen, Searcy & Smith), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0430

    Employee Called to Work Outside of Normal Schedule Was Not on "Special Mission" While Commuting to Work

  • Henry v. Wilmington Trust NA

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Chagares
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah M. Adams, Michael J. Prame, Groom Law Group Chartered, Washington, DC; Mark A. Nebrig, Moore & Van Allen, Charlotte, NC; Kevin J. Connors, Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Daniel Feinberg, Feinberg Jackson Worthman & Wasow, Berkeley, CA; David A. Felice, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Wilmington, DE. Ryan T. Jenny, Gregory Y. Porter, Bailey & Glasser LLP, Washington, D.C.; Peter K. Stris, Rachana A. Pathak, John R. Stokes, Stris & Maher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Tillman J. Breckenridge, Stris & Maher LLP, Washington, DC for appellee.
    Case Number: 21-2801

    Nonseverable class action waiver in ESOP plan's arbitration provision rendered provision unenforceable where waiver barred plan participants from pursuing remedies authorized by ERISA.