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  • March 17, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Judge Peterson's Ethics Hearing Postponed After Remand in Judge Coomer's Misconduct Probe

    "The Supreme Court issued a ruling in another JQC matter that upends the proceedings in this case," read a JQC Hearing Panel postponement notice. "The parties have understandably asked for additional time to digest the Supreme Court's ruling and assess how best to move forward."

    4 minute read

  • March 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    'Her Motion Should Be Denied': JQC Opposes Judge's Quest to Dismiss Ethics Charges

    "Because the JQC has jurisdiction over alleged acts of pre-judicial misconduct, has not failed to state a claim or cause of action, and respondent has failed to demonstrate the nonexistence of genuine issues of material fact, her motion should be denied," wrote Courtney Veal, Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia deputy director.

    5 minute read

  • Reid v. Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-28
    Practice Area: Law Firm Client Relationships | Products Liability
    Industry: Electronics
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Min Koo, (Infinity Trial Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Pete Werdesheim, (Werdesheim Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Thompson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Eric Bumgartner, (Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins, LLP), Brunswick, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1728

    Court affirms disqualification of plaintiff's attorney in a product liability case where she had previously worked for the defendant's liability insurer on similar matters

  • February 8, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    'We Take Unpopular Cases': When Judges Are in Trouble, Here's Who They Call

    "When I left the JQC, I had a judge that called me not long after that, that needed some representation," said attorney S. Lester Tate III, formerly of the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia. "I really went from chairing one meeting to going back to almost the very next meeting and sitting at the other end of the table representing a judge."

    7 minute read

  • February 2, 2023 | Daily Report Online

    Attorney Overcomes Hurdle of Missing 'Inculpatory' Evidence

    "Sometimes phrases like 'bad faith' are thrown around as a pejorative for the effect," said prevailing Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney John A. "Tripp" Fitzner III. "They actually mean something specific and should not be used that way."

    6 minute read

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2022-12-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janki Patel, (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bret Moore, (Poole Huffman, LLC), Tucker, Jeffrey Jonap, (Jonap & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1470

    Court reverses denial of Transit Authority's summary judgment motion in a negligence action filed by a passenger that fell when a train departed from a station

  • December 9, 2022 | Daily Report Online

    Georgia Court of Appeals, Reversing Trial Court, Nixes Suit Against MARTA Over Passenger's Fall on Train

    "Because a MARTA train is akin to a street car, MARTA had no duty to give passengers a reasonable time to find a seat before departing the station," the appeals court said.

    4 minute read

  • McCullum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Janet McCullum, (Metro Transitional Center), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodrigo Silva, William Kendall, (District Attorney’s Office, Houston Judicial Circuit), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1064

    Court vacates denial of a motion to correct a void sentence and remands for dismissal of motion because the sentencing court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the motion

  • 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.