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  • Lucas v. Charles Schwab & Company Inc. Ira Account No. XXXX-2410 et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Panos Constantinides, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keisha Coleman, (McGuirewoods LLP), Bainbridge, Jeremy Moulton, (The Moulton Firm), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1991

    Court affirms verdict that a decedent's ex-wife was the primary beneficiary of his IRA on the basis of his ratification of his agent's actions.

  • Richards et al. v. Bose et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kimberly Butler, (Ellis Painter Ratteree & Adams), Savannah, Kevin Tallant, Jonah Howell, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Teague, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Keisha Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless), Cumming, Jeffrey Schneider, (Weissman, P.C.), Atlanta, Larry Oldham, (Larry C. Oldham, P.C.), Cumming, Vinay Bose, Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: A19A2076

    Because Proper Service Had Not Yet Occurred, Trial Court Erred in Concluding That Defendants Were in Default

  • Clanton v. Interstate Telecomms., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Evidence | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Contreras
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 13-19-00107-CV

    Appellants challenged a summary judgment granted in favor of Interstate Telecommunications, Inc.

  • Ray v. Dennis

    Publication Date: 2020-04-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 06-19-00072-CV

    The parties owned adjoining lots in a subdivision, and a dispute arose in 2015 when appellees asserted that a barbed-wire fence separating the lots encroached on their property.

  • Ruiz v. Pollock

    Publication Date: 2020-04-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Longoria
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 13-19-00315-CV

    Appellant brought suit against appellees alleging negligence arising from a motor vehicle accident.

  • The State v. Watson

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyette Holmes, Amelia Pray, John Melvin, Stephanie Adrean, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, David Willingham, (Willingham Law Firm, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2358

    Undue Prejudice From Prior Bad Acts Evidence Outweighed Minimal Probative Value as to Intent, Knowledge, and Motive

  • Janakievski v. Exec. Dir., Rochester Psych. Ctr.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Pierre Leval
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant: Jonathan I. Edelstein, Edelstein & Grossman, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee: Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Andrew W. Amend, Assistant Deputy Solicitor General for Criminal Matters, on the brief, Lisa Ellen Fleischmann, for Letitia James, Attorney General of the State of New York, Albany, NY.
    Case Number: 18-3235

    Despite Release Commitment Confinement Orders Bar Liberty, Do Not Moot Habeas Petition

  • Soler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stewart Bratcher, (The Bratcher Firm, LLC), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: John McClellan, Leigh Patterson, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2465

    Evidence Adduced at Trial Was Sufficient to Authorize Jury to Find Defendant Guilty of Burglary and Theft

  • Barfield v. Sandridge Energy, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Palafox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 08-17-00059-CV

    Appellant alleged he was electrocuted while working for an independent contractor on property owned by appellee.

  • Faulkner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Strickland, (Strickland & Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, Sean Garrett, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2220

    Defendant's Responses on Pretrial Faretta Waiver Form Did Not Establish Knowing Waiver of Right to Counsel