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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0090

    Court affirms rape conviction over defendant's challenge to a jury instruction and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Daniel v. Bremen-Bowdon Investment, Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Perkins, (Perkins Studdard LLC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Grafton, (Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1764

    Court reverses denial of Worker's Compensation benefits and attorney fees where employee was injured while leaving workplace premises for a regularly scheduled break

  • Beyond Meat, Inc. v. Don Lee Farms, A Division of Goodman Food Products, et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sada Baby, Halsey Knapp, (Krevolin & Horst LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Yeung, (Covington & Burling LLP), New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan Clarke, Michael Ross, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Daniel Platt, Edward Lee, (Loeb & Loeb LLP), Los Angeles, Michael King, (Greenberg Traurig, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1131

    Court vacates denial of a motion for a protective order and/or to quash a subpoena and remands case for reconsideration solely in view of the record before the trial court

  • Gray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1160

    Defense Counsel Offered Reasonable Explanations For Failing to Call Witnesses to Bolster Defendant's Self-Defense Theory

  • Ware County Board of Education et al. v. Taft

    Publication Date: 2019-08-06
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nathan Levy, (Levy Sibley Foreman & Speir, LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Hackel, (Attorney at Law), Waycross, for appellee. Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0617

    Court Affirms Award of Workers' Compensation That Included Portion Based on Wages Earned and Deferred During Period Preceding Injury, Rejecting Employer's Contention That Benefits Should Be Calculated Based Only on Actual Cash Received

  • Grange Mutual Casualty Company v. Bennett et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Whitlock, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Beauchamp, (McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert McManes, (A. Spencer McManes, Jr., PC), Alpharetta, Jennifer Smith, (Ken David & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Foy Horne, (Foy S. Horne, Jr., P.C.), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0497

    Court Affirms Workers' Compensation Ruling That Insurer Had Waived Defense to Paying Claims on Basis That Policy Was Void Where Insurer Failed to Assert Fraud Defense at Time That Facts Giving Rise to Allegations of Fraud Became Known

  • McCrary v. Georgia Employee Retirement System

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Long, (Long & Holder LLP), Atlanta, Todd Maziar, (Morgan & Morgan, Atlanta PLLC), Atlanta, Justin Wolfe, (Wolfe Law Group LLC), Atlanta, For Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Lauren Julian Loeb, Elizabeth Williamson, (Office Of The Attorney General), Atlanta, For appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2015

    Court affirms rejection of former employee's petition for disability benefits

  • Daniel v. Bremen-Bowdon Investment Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-22
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Perkins, (Perkins Studdard LLC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Grafton, (Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC), Atlanta, Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1764

    Injury That Occurred While Employee Was Leaving Employer's Property During Regularly Scheduled Lunch Break Was Not Compensable Under Workers' Compensation Act

  • Lynn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Samuel (Garland Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Mahoney (Office of the District Attorney, Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2117

    The trial court reversibly erred in excluding certain testimony as hearsay, because the evidence was not hearsay, as it was not offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted but rather to show its effect on defendant's state of mind and its impact on his later actions; the evidence was relevant; and it was not cumulative of other admitted evidence.

  • Kimbrough et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-12-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Clark Palmer (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta; Janice Singer-Capek (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Fern (Assistant District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville; Daniel Porter (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1738

    The trial court erred in denying defendants' special demurrers seeking more detail about their alleged violations of the Georgia Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, because the indictment did not give defendants enough information about the charges to "prepare [their] defense intelligently."