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  • High Tech Rail And Fence, LLC v. Cambridge Swinerton Builders, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-06
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, Mary Ellen Lighthiser, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint LLP), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, Andrew Stancil, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Fletcher, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Margaret Flatt Obrien, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1566

    Contractor's Termination of Subcontractor Was Done in Good Faith in Accordance With Subcontract Agreement

  • Dunn v. Dunn

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Evidence | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Mammola, (Cordell & Cordell), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Stagg, (Attorney at Law), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1776

    Evidence of Spouse's "Concern" Too Vague to Support Finding That Other Spouse Committed Assault or Battery on Children

  • Pruitthealth-Augusta, LLC et al. v. Lyell et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Braintwain, Randolph Powell, Mark Simmons, (Huff Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta, James Purcell, David Hymel, (Fulcher Hagler LLP), AUGUSTA, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Connor, (Connor & Connor LLC), Augusta, Kenneth Connor, Anne Moore, (Connor & Connor LLC), Aiken, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1681

    Court vacates order denying motion to dismiss wrongful death action and remands case for trial court to address relief under an arbitration agreement

  • Magnum Contracting, LLC, et al. v. Century Communities of Georgia, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-03-17
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Darneille, John Wooten, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Dial, Gary Toman, Scott Witzigreuter, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1643

    Court reverses trial court order that had reversed an arbitration panel award in a contractor dispute, finding that no statutory grounds existed to reverse the award

  • Bell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randal McGinley, Alexandra Stone, (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1215

    Court reverses convictions for second-degree murder and cruelty to children due to insufficient evidence, but affirms conviction for contributing to a minor's dependency

  • In the Interest of K. L., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Shaw, (Shaw Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andy Pham, (Pham Law Office, LLC), Newnan, Homer Jordan, (Law Office of Homer P. Jordan IV), Kennesaw, for appellee; Doris Orleck, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1233

    Court affirms order denying an aunt and uncle's petition for custody of a child because they lacked standing to be adjudicated as equitable caregivers

  • State v. Jennings

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Paul Lamb, (Dawson County District Attorney's Office), Cleveland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Richman, (Richman Law Firm), Cumming, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1355

    Court affirms suppression of evidence in a hit-and-run accident case where police exceeded the scope of their authority to enter a defendant's property

  • Tucker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1760

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and other crimes, but vacates certain of defendants' sentences due to merger error

  • The State v. McClendon

    Publication Date: 2022-02-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Swope, John Cranford, (Coweta Circuit District Attorney's Office), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Kam, (Michael G Kam, P.C.), Newnan, Kamau Mason, (The Law Offices of Kamau K. Mason & Associates), Lithonia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1675

    Indictment For Thefts From Business By Accountant Was Time-Barred

  • Shine v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Daniel, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1580

    Court affirms convictions for theft by taking, felony fleeing, and theft by receiving over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence