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  • Handberry et al. v. Manning Forestry Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-12-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caleb Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Katherine McArthur, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Britton White, G. White, (Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1321

    Circumstantial evidence was insufficient to create an issue of fact as to knowledge of the existence of an open well in a survivor's negligence action against a contractor

  • Ward v. Marriott International, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adanna Ugwonali, (Attorney at Law), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stevan Miller, Gwendolyn Havlik, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Woods, (Law Office of James C. McLaughlin), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0826

    Court reverses dismissal of negligence action, ruling that the trial court had personal jurisdiction over foreign corporation

  • Courtland Properties I, LLC et al. v. Collins

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, Sara Brochstein, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yinka Omole, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1437

    Summary Judgment Could Not Properly Be Granted to Defendant on Basis of Real-Party-In-Interest Objection

  • Timmons et al. v. Suntrust Bank

    Publication Date: 2019-11-08
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allen Johnson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Hall, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1262

    Bank was not entitled to summary judgment because it was not entitled to holder in due course status under a vehicle sales contract

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1014

    Trial Judge's Implied Expression of Opinion as to Defendant's Guilt Was Plain Error, Warranting New Trial

  • Parker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Richardson, Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1009

    Court affirms mistrial ruling over defendant's double jeopardy and trial court error objections.

  • TMX Finance, LLC et al. v. Goldsmith et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-11
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert D'Cruz, (Baker Hostetler), Atlanta, Anthony Decinque, (United States Department of Justice Richard B. Russell Federal Building), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Hunter, Inman Hodges, George Major, (Oliver Maner, LLP), Savannah, Jeffrey Harris, Stephen Lowry, Yvonne Godfrey, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, for appellee. Kirby Mason, David Burkoff, (Hunter, MaClean, Exley & Dunn, P. C), Savannah, Billy Jones, (Jones, Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0855

    Plaintiffs Who Run Hearing Aid Company Fail to State a Claim for Breach of an Option Agreement

  • Riverwood Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2019-10-03
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fred Bentley, Jamie Wingler, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mason Rountree, (Rountree Law Firm), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1274

    Attorneys' Fees for Stubborn Litigiousness Were Properly Denied Where There Was a Bona Fide Dispute as to Defendant's Liability

  • Hall v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Morrison, Daniel Porter, (District Attorney, Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1444

    Court affirms methamphetamine trafficking conviction over defendant's objection to evidence seized from his vehicle

  • Blackwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lazanea Holley, (Law Office of LaZanea M. Holley, LLC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Allen, (Assistant District Attorney Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton, David Parrish, Marietta, John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0758

    Court reverses armed robbery and assault conviction due to improper admission of prior armed robbery arrest.