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  • Adams et al. v. Piedmont Henry Hospital, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-03
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Thomas Trask, (Trask Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Bendin, Anam Justus, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Sharonda Boyce, Zachary Fuller, (Huff Powell Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0990

    Court reverses summary judgment for hospital in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case and revises trial court rulings on admission of expert testimony.

  • West et al. v. Bowser et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-09
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance McCoy, (The McCoy Law Firm), Cartersville, Robert Walker, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Luskin, Robert Noble, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, David Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kathleen Simcoe, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0055

    Court affirms order compelling arbitration in a wrongful death matter and determines that the underlying arbitration agreement is enforceable.

  • In re Francys Johnson

    Publication Date: 2022-08-03
    Practice Area: Judges
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mawuli Davis, (The Davis Bozeman Law Firm PC), Decatur, S. Tate, Bo Coram, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daphne Totten, (Assistant District Attorney Ogeechee Judicial Circuit), Statesboro, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0608

    Court reverses contempt ruling that the trial judge had issued against a lawyer in a felony murder case, finding that the lawyer was not given his due process rights

  • Beaubrun v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0215

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated child molestation and other crimes over defendant's charges of trial court error in admitting certain testimony

  • Hardy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A22A0627

    Court affirms child pornography and molestation convictions over defendant's challenge based on the Americans with Disabilities Act

  • High Tech Rail And Fence, LLC v. Cambridge Swinerton Builders, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-06
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, Mary Ellen Lighthiser, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint LLP), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, Andrew Stancil, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Fletcher, Benjamin Reed, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, Margaret Flatt Obrien, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1566

    Contractor's Termination of Subcontractor Was Done in Good Faith in Accordance With Subcontract Agreement

  • Griggs v. Miller et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Gnann, (Gannam, Gnann & Steinmetz LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pamela Coleman, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1366

    Court reverses trial court order and rules that a lienholder cannot initiate foreclosure proceedings after expiration of seven-year reversionary period after maturity date of debt

  • Daniel v. Daniel

    Publication Date: 2022-03-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Rusbridge, (Dyer & Rusbridge, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0164

    Contempt Cannot Be Used as Punishment For Failure to Pay Court Order to Pay Money Damages

  • American Anesthesiology of Georgia, LLC v. Northside Hospital, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-13
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Allen, Jeffrey Clark, (McGuire Woods LLP), Charlotte, Stanley Roberts, Matthew Fitzgerald, (McGuire Woods LLP), Richmond, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bauer, Jeffrey Baxter, (Baker Hostetler, LLP), Atlanta, Joshua Bosin, Robert Highsmith, Allen Hendrick, Jacquelyn Watts, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Wesley Ross, (Webb, Tanner & Powell), Lawrenceville, for appellee; Kathryn McConnell, (Littler Mendelson PC), Atlanta, Paul Kennedy, (Littler Mendelson, P.C.), Washington, William Vail, (Polsinelli PC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1644

    Court reverses ruling that a no-hire restrictive covenants clause in an agreement between two health care providers is unenforceable

  • Cockerham v. Cockerham

    Publication Date: 2021-07-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathy Portnoy, (Portnoy, Garner & Nail, LLC), Atlanta, Garrett Nail, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell King, Collin Hatcher, (King Yaklin & Wilkins LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0553

    Court vacates modified parenting order and remands for entry of findings of fact and conclusions of law, and affirms award of attorney and guardian ad litem fees