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  • Russell et al. v. Kantamneni et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-08
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason E. Reeves, (The Reeves Firm), Atlanta, Robert Wright, (Katz Stepp Wright & Fleming LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Lavender, (Lavender Hoffman Alderman, LLC), Atlanta, Christina Essex, (Fisherbroyles LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Spencer Bomar, Wayne McGrew, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, Sharonda Boyce, (Huff Powell Bailey LLC), Atlanta, Nichole Hair, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0378

    Experienced Rheumatologist Was Qualified to Render Expert Opinion in Medical Malpractice Case Involving Death From Lupus

  • Henderson et al. v. Fisher et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A22A0289

    Court reverses motion to transfer venue of case where the plaintiff's action was equitable in nature and not, as plaintiffs claimed, an action addressing title to land

  • Newton County Board of Education v. Nolley

    Publication Date: 2022-05-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William White, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Burns, (J. Franklin Burns, P.C.), Atlanta, Todd Maziar, Atlanta, for appellee; Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0529

    Employer's Interlocutory Appeal Was Unauthorized Under Workers' Compensation Act

  • Willis v. Cheeley

    Publication Date: 2022-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Frankel, Adam Gaslowitz, Luke Caselman, (Gaslowitz Frankel LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Hamberg, (The Hamberg Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1730

    Action Not Justiciable Where Resolution of Dispute Would Have No Legal Effect on Parties' Conduct

  • Vallejo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keegan Gary, Hunter Rodgers, (Paulding Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1110

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Excluding Evidence of a Prior Allegation of Molestation Made by the Victim; Child Molestation Conviction Affirmed

  • Palmer v. Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Maziar, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Gorby, Whitney Arp, (Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC), Tucker, Amy Burns, (Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0903

    Court vacates summary judgment ruling over a Workers' Compensation Insolvency Pool matter and remands for dismissal of complaint due to lack of jurisdiction

  • Rimert v. Meriwether & Tharp, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-19
    Practice Area: Family Law | Legal Malpractice | Privacy
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Rutter, Gulf Shores, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, Zachary Lewis, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Aaron Strimban, Robert Tidwell, (Tidwell & Strimban, LLC), Woodstock, John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1010

    Summary Judgment Properly Granted in Favor of Law Firm Accused of Negligent Training and Supervision of Staff Attorney

  • Chambers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Jones, (Jones, Federal & Appellate, LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1158

    Burglary Conviction Supported by Evidence Defendant Lacked Permission to Enter Victim's Home

  • Ellis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry W. Chappell, II, Roswell, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Christopher Allen Arnt, Lynsay Peardon Chapman, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for Appellee.
    Case Number: S21A0780

    Court affirms malice murder conviction over defendant's contentions that his Miranda waiver was improper due to intoxication, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Gowen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-30
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kelly Wegel, (Western Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, Kenneth Mauldin, (District Attorney), Athens, Alex Cidado, (Athens Clarke County District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0651

    Officer Who Smelled What Might Have Been Either Marijuana or Hemp Had Probable Cause to Search Vehicle