• Delevan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley (District Attorney), Blairsville; Sidney Landreau (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Blairsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1998

    The Court vacated the trial court's denial of defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal following his convictions for DUI a related offenses and remanded to the trial court for appointment of a conflict-free counsel for defendant and a new hearing on the motion for an out-of-time appeal in order to determine who was at fault for failing to timely file the notice of appeal.

  • Cherokee Main Street, LLC v. Ragan

    Publication Date: 2018-03-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Day, Jerald Hanks (Hanks Brookes, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Akin, S. Tate (Akin & Tate, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1819

    Accident Victim Who Was Aware of Risk at Unmarked Crossing And Knowingly Stepped in Front of Approaching Car Had Superior Knowledge of Hazard

  • Austin v. Nagareddy et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Self
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Mitchell, Zack Greenamyre (Mitchell & Shapiro LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, Julye Johns, Emaly Arndt (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0126

    The Court vacated the trial court's order granting defendants' motion to stay a civil action against them until the conclusion of a trial in a criminal case in which one defendant had been indicted for parallel allegations and remanded for further proceedings, because the trial court's exercise of discretion was based upon an erroneous view of the law.

  • December 7, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Court of Appeals Rejects Suit Over Mixed-Up Infant Remains

    The Georgia Court of Appeals has rejected, by a 6-1 vote, a lawsuit filed over a hospital's mistake in mixing up the remains of two babies.

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  • December 7, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Court of Appeals Rejects Suit Over Mixed-Up Infant Remains

    The Georgia Court of Appeals has rejected, by a 6-1 vote, a lawsuit filed over a hospital's mistake in mixing up the remains of two babies. About two weeks after the plaintiff, Am

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  • July 15, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Jury Acquits Father Who Shot Another Father in a Fight Over Teenagers

    A Cartersville jury last week acquitted one father for shooting another one in a fight over their teenage children in 2012. Cartersville real estate broker Mark Harris admitted he sho

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  • July 15, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Jury Acquits Father Who Shot Another Father in a Fight Over Teenagers

    A Cartersville jury last week acquitted one father for shooting another one in a fight over their teenage children in 2012. "The sole defense we presented at trial was that he was justified in the shooting," said defense attorney S. Lester Tate III (above).

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  • STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LOGISTICARE SOLUTIONS, LLC; ALBERT GRAHAM, Defendants-Appellants.

    Publication Date: 2014-05-23
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2014-05-23
    Court: UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
    Judge: JERRY E. SMITH
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 13-60287

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUITSTATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, ve

  • December 29, 2013 |

    Austin-Casares v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Am.

    Click Here for FC&S Legal Expert Analysis Austin-Casaresv.Safeco Ins. Co. of Am. 310 Conn. 640Supreme Court of Connecticut.Faith AUSTIN–CASARESv.SAFECO…

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  • Penso Holdings Inc. v. Cleveland

    Publication Date: 2013-10-22
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Capriola and David Weinberg Winter Capriola Zenner LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David Hudson Hull Barrett PC, Augusta, James Hurt Hurt Stolz PC, Athens, and George DiGiorgio Cory, Watson, Crowder & Degaris PC, Birmingham, Ala., for appellee.

    Case Number: A13A0957

    The arbitration clause in the parties' debt settlement agreement showed that the parties intended to submit the type of claim in dispute to an arbit