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  • Seay et al. v. Valdosta Kidney Clinic, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Beard, (Steven L. Beard, PC), Atlanta, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Robert Howell, (Attorney at Law), Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, Andrew Wilkes, Irving Drought, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1992

    Plaintiff can be added to a wrongful death claim after expiration of statute of limitations when that plaintiff's claim relates back to the original complaint

  • Robards v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juwayn Haddad, (Haddad Law Group), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Michael DeTardo, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0344

    Court Affirms Conviction for Computer Theft Over Claims That Trial Counsel Misinformed Thief of Consequences of Refusing Plea Deal and That Trial Court's Instructions to the Jury Were Impermissibly Vague

  • Whitelock v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica O'Grady, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1872

    Court affirms child molestation conviction and rejects defendant's argument on ineffective trial counsel assistance and trial court error

  • Carcamo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Maines, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Emily Puhala, (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0529

    Court affirms convictions and sentence for rape

  • Skyjack, Inc. et al. v. Mois et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Singer (Bovis, Kyle & Burch), Atlanta; H. Young, Willie Ellis, Warner Fox (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta; Katherine Mercer-Lawson, Theresa Wardon (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP), Denver; Andrew Capobianco (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darren Penn (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta; Jennifer Smith (Ken David & Associates LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Matthew McLaughlin (McLaughlin & Loring), Alpharetta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0455

    Substituting Administrator of Decedent's Estate For Named Plaintiff in Wrongful Death Action Not Statutorily Authorized

  • Rounsaville v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2018-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Connelly, Jeffrey Connelly (Cook & Connelly LLC), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin (District Attorney), Lafayette; Clayton Fuller (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0656

    Prosecution Failed to Satisfy Statutory Mandates for Scheduling Criminal Forfeiture Trials

  • Bi-Lo, LLC v. Green, et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Kelly (Fulcher Hagler LLP), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Dekle (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0743

    No Liability for Slip-And-Fall Where Store Manager Lacked Reasonable Time to Remedy Dangerous Condition

  • Loveless v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reid Kennedy (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Edwards (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; Shepard Orlow (Assistant District Attorney Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1728

    The trial court did not err in resentencing defendant on remittitur after concluding, sua sponte, that the sentence entered on defendant's conviction for trafficking in methamphetamine was void because he had been sentenced under the wrong [C]ode section.