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  • River Place At Port Royal Condominium Association, Inc. v. Sapp

    Publication Date: 2021-04-01
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Victor Hawk, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Reid Sanders, (Victor Hawk), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Padgett, Joseph Rahimi, Haley Allen, (Rahimi Hughes & Padgett LLC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1923

    Court determine that premises owner was entitled to summary judgment on injured party's premises liability claim due to lack of superior knowledge of a hazard

  • The Hatchett Firm, P. C. et al. v. Atlanta Life Financial Group, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Banerjee, (Kumar, Prabhu, Patel & Banerjee, L.L.C.), Atlanta, Angelina Whitaker, (Blue Sky Law), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lisa Wolgast, Talia Wagner, (Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1723

    Court reverses summary judgment order that had been in favor of sub-lessor due to outstanding issue of material fact, but affirms order against subtenants' counterclaims

  • Woodstone Townhouses, LLC v. Southern Fiber Worx, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-25
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kermit Dorough, (Kermit S. Dorough, Jr., LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Dean, (Lawson & Reid), Cordele, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1857

    Court variously affirms and denies multiple summary judgment orders in a dispute over property rights, easements, and trespass by contractor at an apartment complex

  • Childers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cory DeBord, (Roach, Caudill & Frost, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kristen Roch, Carlton Hayes, David McElyea, Gabrielle Molinary, (Cherokee County Solicitor General Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1626

    Court affirms conviction for selling a vapor product to minors over defendant's challenge to certain evidence and contentions of insufficient evidence

  • Porter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Starosto, (Star Law PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary Greene, (District Attorney), Calhoun, Sharon Fox, (Gordon County District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, Jana Allen, (The McCoy Law Firm, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1889

    Trial Court's Failure to Advise Defendant of Dangers of Proceeding Pre Se Required Reversal of Trial Result

  • Cleveland v. Team RTR2, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-03-05
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Stoddard, Keith Evra, (The Stoddard Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Forestner, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Walter Yarbrough, (Fain, Major & Brennan, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2080

    Sexual Assault of a Spa Customer by a Massage Therapist Was Reasonably Foreseeable; Spa Had Superior Knowledge of the Risk of Harm

  • Terry v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Solo Practicioner), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, Jennifer Hart, (Assistant District Attorney), Tifton, Bryce Johnson, (Solicitor General), Sylvester, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1627

    Court reverses conviction for Controlled Substance Act violation because trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to suppress evidence seized in a traffic stop

  • Presley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (Miller & Key, P.A.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rocky Bridges, (Assistant District Attorney), Woodbine, Charles Higgins, (Keith Higgins, P.C.), Brunswick, Jacquelyn Johnson, (District Attorney), Brunswick, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1928

    Jury's Not-Guilty Verdicts on Manslaughter Counts Did Not Mandate Reversal on Charge of Police Officer's Violation of Oath

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, (Assistant District Attorney), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2092

    Court affirms convictions for fleeing an officer and other crimes over defendant's arguments regarding errors in admission of evidence and improper prosecutor statements

  • Roundtree v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Thomas, Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Harrison, Bradfield Shealy, (Southern Judicial Cir. District Atty Ofc), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2067

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for possession of cocaine but reverses conviction for possession of a controlled substance due to insufficient evidence