• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-03
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Damages
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joyce Gist Lewis, (Krevolin Horst, LLC), Atlanta, Curtis J. Martin, II, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, Michael P. Kohler, Charles B. Lee, Laura Elisabeth Ashby, (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta, George P. Shingler, (The Shingler Law Firm LLC), Decatur, Ashley Elizabeth Wilson Clark, (Buckley Beal, LLP), Atlanta, Kathryn R. Norcross, James S. Watson, Colleen J. Boles, John Stuart Tonkinson, (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation), Arlington, Ellis A. Sharp, (Stokes, Williams, Sharp & Davies), Knoxville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Richard Long, IV, Brian David Boone, Theodore J. Sawicki, Elizabeth Gingold Clark, Lauren Tapson Macon, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S18Q1233

    Georgia's Apportionment Statute Was Applicable to Tort Claims Against Bank Directors and Officers For Purely Pecuniary Losses

  • 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

  • Tripp v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Calcutt, (Attorney at Law), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Edwards, Jeremy Hager, Katie Fite, (Dougherty County District Attorney's Office), Albany, Heather Lanier, (South Georgia Judicial Circuit), Camilla, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1782

    Court Rejects Appeal by Child Molester Who Claimed That Counsel Failed to Introduce Evidence of Alternative Suspect but Identified No Admissible Evidence to Support Theory

  • Reid v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Patray, (Public Defender), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Mallard, Keith McIntyre, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A2138

    Defendant Took Substantial Step Toward Committing Child Molestation by Arranging to Meet "Child" and Traveling to Meeting Place

  • Catoosa County, Georgia, et al. v. Rome News Media

    Publication Date: 2019-04-10
    Practice Area: Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifton Patty, (Attorney at Law), Ringgold, Christopher Young, Christopher Harris, (Patty & Young, Attorneys At Law, LLC), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ansel Beacham, (Attorney at Law), Rome, Robert Berry, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Rich, Seigler, Richardson), Rome, David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1701

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Granting Permanent Injunction Against Country That Sought to Designate Newspaper Whose Operations Were Headquartered Outside of County as Official Newspaper in Contravention of Statutory Requirements

  • Pruitt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Ramsey Magaro, (Assistant District Attorney), Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1687

    Evidence Was Sufficient to Support Convictions for Theft by Deception

  • Maxwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Ihrig, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Ana-Helena Allen, (Chatham County District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1692

    Evidence That Plaintiff Applied Dangerous Choke Hold on Victim Supported Aggravated Assault Conviction