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  • Grange Mutual Casualty Company v. Bennett et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Whitlock, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Beauchamp, (McAngus Goudelock & Courie LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Albert McManes, (A. Spencer McManes, Jr., PC), Alpharetta, Jennifer Smith, (Ken David & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, Foy Horne, (Foy S. Horne, Jr., P.C.), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0497

    Court Affirms Workers' Compensation Ruling That Insurer Had Waived Defense to Paying Claims on Basis That Policy Was Void Where Insurer Failed to Assert Fraud Defense at Time That Facts Giving Rise to Allegations of Fraud Became Known

  • McCrary v. Georgia Employee Retirement System

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Long, (Long & Holder LLP), Atlanta, Todd Maziar, (Morgan & Morgan, Atlanta PLLC), Atlanta, Justin Wolfe, (Wolfe Law Group LLC), Atlanta, For Appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Lauren Julian Loeb, Elizabeth Williamson, (Office Of The Attorney General), Atlanta, For appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2015

    Court affirms rejection of former employee's petition for disability benefits

  • Daniel v. Bremen-Bowdon Investment Co.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-22
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Perkins, (Perkins Studdard LLC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Grafton, (Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC), Atlanta, Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1764

    Injury That Occurred While Employee Was Leaving Employer's Property During Regularly Scheduled Lunch Break Was Not Compensable Under Workers' Compensation Act

  • February 15, 2019 | Daily Report Online

    Judge Newsom Finds Foul Odor in 11th Circuit Land-Use Case

    “What happened to Hillcrest here was pretty doggone s[tink]y,” Judge Kevin Newsom wrote. But he agreed with Judge Gerald Tjoflat that foul smelling does not equal unconstitutional.

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  • February 15, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    Judge Finds Foul Odor of Sorts in Tampa Bay Land-Use Case

    “What happened to Hillcrest here was pretty doggone s[tink]y,” Judge Kevin Newsom wrote. But he agreed with Judge Gerald Tjoflat that foul smelling does not equal unconstitutional.

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  • July 2, 2018 | Daily Report Online

    Ga. Supreme Court OKs Late Med-Mal Claim That 'Related Back' to Original Lawsuit

    The opinion, written by Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harris Hines, said the plaintiff's discovery that nursing staff may have violated hospital rules meant that a new claim could be added to the lawsuit, even though the statute of limitations had run.

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  • Lynn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-05-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Samuel (Garland Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Mahoney (Office of the District Attorney, Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2117

    The trial court reversibly erred in excluding certain testimony as hearsay, because the evidence was not hearsay, as it was not offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted but rather to show its effect on defendant's state of mind and its impact on his later actions; the evidence was relevant; and it was not cumulative of other admitted evidence.

  • Kimbrough et al. v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-12-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Clark Palmer (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta; Janice Singer-Capek (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Fern (Assistant District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville; Daniel Porter (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A1738

    The trial court erred in denying defendants' special demurrers seeking more detail about their alleged violations of the Georgia Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, because the indictment did not give defendants enough information about the charges to "prepare [their] defense intelligently."

  • January 27, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    New Justices Recuse From Fights Over State Power

    The Georgia Supreme Court played a bit of judicial musical chairs this week as two of the newest members recused themselves from high-profile cases and different judges replaced them fo

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  • June 12, 2014 |

    Sales v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.

     Wilburt SALES, Jr., Janice T. Sales, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee849…

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