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  • Cotton v. Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC, d/b/a University Childcare Center

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Autry, Blaine Norris, (Blaine A. Norris, PC d/b/a Norris Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Heath, Matthew Moseley, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Matthew Moffett, John Schultz, (Gray Rust St. Amand Moffett Brieske LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1457

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in an employer's favor in a personal injury case, finding evidence of possible special circumstances for vicarious liability

  • In Re Estate of Curvan

    Publication Date: 2022-03-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin O'Sullivan, (Cohen Pollock Merlin Turner P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharon Lavant, Stockbridge, for appellee; Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1435

    Court reverses probate court's summary judgment order ruling on a decedent's last will because of factual issues raised by existence of a second will

  • Eley et al. v. Fedee

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Agatston, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, John Williamson, (Williamson & York, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Schreck, (Savell & Williams, LLP), Atlanta, Catalina Alvarez, (Law Offices of Andrews & Manganiello), Tucker, for appellee; Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1513

    Impact Rule Applies to All Straightforward Claims of Negligence and Gross Negligence

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Melissa Pittman, (Assistant District Attorney Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1306

    Court reverses conviction for misdemeanor obstruction of a police officer where the officer did not have a reasonable and articulable suspicion to stop a defendant

  • Huff v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Leah Mayo, (Rome District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1539

    Defendant Acquiesced in Counsel's Waiver of Defendant's Right to be Present at Bench Conferences

  • Wood et al. v. Wade et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: L. Wood, (L. Lin Wood, P.C.), Atlanta, Ibrahim Reyes, (Reyes Lawyers, P.A.), Coral Gables, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Beal, Milinda Brown, (Buckley Beal LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0558

    Court affirms interlocutory injunction to enforce a non-disparagement clause in a settlement agreement between attorneys that were formerly in business together

  • Britt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Gregory Wagner, (Assistant District Attorney), Jefferson, Victoria Goff, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1695

    Court reverses and remands denial of a pro se motion to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea because defendant was not warned of post-conviction risks of proceeding pro se

  • February 17, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Justices Consider Whether GM CEO Can Avoid Deposition in Auto Defect Case

    "The decision below is an invitation to litigants to seek to depose top executives in virtually every Georgia case in which a business is a named party," Chilton Varner of King & Spalding said in an amicus brief on behalf of Coca-Cola, Delta and UPS supporting GM.

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  • Donovan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1407

    Court vacates order denying pro se motion for a new trial because defendant did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waive his right to post-conviction counsel

  • Roberts v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Crochet, (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Isler, (Kutak Rock LLP), Denver, Kimberly Sheridan, Jeremy Stallman, (Gordon Rees Scully Manshukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1598

    Court dismisses appeal of dismissal of breach of contract action and remands for consideration of whether motion for substitution of deceased party should be accepted