• Lewis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Leopard, (Floyd & Leopard, LLP.), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Natalie Paine, Henry Syms, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0343

    Court allows defendant's convictions for methamphetamine and firearm possession to stand

  • Ryan Andrew Mullins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Gough, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Barnhill, (Assistant District Attorney), Waycross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0345

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order Dismissing Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea as Untimely Where Trial Court Based Ruling on Date Sentence Was Pronounced but Sentence Was Filed by Clerk in Subsequent Term

  • Yim et al. v. Carr

    Publication Date: 2019-05-23
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A19A0715

    Court Reverses Order Denying Summary Judgment to Parents of Tortfeasor but Reverses Order Granting Enforcement of Settlement with Tortfeasor

  • Reeder v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Falen Cox, (Cox, Rodman, & Middleton, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Timothy Ruffini, (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0630

    Record Established That Defendant Was Apprised By Counsel of Risks of Entering Non-Negotiated Plea

  • Lalonde v. Taylor English Duma, LLP et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-20
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A18A2012

    Chain of causation in legal malpractice claim was broken when claimant settled underlying litigation

  • Moore v. Wellstar Health System, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-17
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Barnes, James Tribble, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Meri Benoit, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hall, Kenneth Jones, (Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover), Atlanta, Melissa Reading, Frederick Gleaton, Laura Strong, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1810

    Court grants new trial to medical malpractice plaintiff because of introduction of hearsay evidence at first trial

  • Moore v. Wellstar Health System, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-02
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Barnes, James Tribble, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Meri Benoit, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hall, Kenneth Jones, (Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover), Atlanta, Melissa Reading, Frederick Gleaton, Laura Strong, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1810

    New trial ordered in medical malpractice action due to improper admission of hearsay evidence

  • Giddens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dustin Land, (Bryan and Land, LLC), Ashburn, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clifford Bowden, Jennifer Hart, (Assistant District Attorney), Tifton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A2122

    Court denies defendant's motion to withdraw a sexual battery guilty plea after sentencing

  • Love v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Anderson, (Law Office of Howard W. Anderson, III, LLC), Pendleton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Clark, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Cleveland, William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1818

    Court denies defendant's enumerations of error and affirms his rape conviction

  • Z-Space, Inc., et al. v. Dantanna's CNN Center, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-04-26
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Page, Parsa Garrett, (Page Law, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: E. Burke, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1558

    Court partially affirms and partially denies order granting motion to dismiss claims regarding attempts to collect damages