• Hill vs. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Employment Compliance | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Brown, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Annarita McGovern, (Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP), Atlanta, Richard Mitchell, Aaron Danzig, Richard Mitchell, Samuel Lyddan, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Robert Threlkeld, Anthony Cestaro, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Sara Vann, (Office of the Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit), Atlanta, Jeanette LeRay, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0336

    Original Complaint Allegations Not Binding Following Amended Complaint That Did Not Incorporate Earlier Allegations

  • Sloan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta.
    for defendant: Emily Richardson, Sherry Boston, Gerald Mason, Destiny Bryant, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0123

    Evidence of Prior Crimes Was Not Relevant to Show Identity or Intent

  • Duke Builders, Inc. v. Massey et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Powell, (Powell & Edwards), Lawrenceville, Wesley Ross, (Webb, Tanner & Powell), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Benson, Gerald Davidson, Brian Easley, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0570

    Court Reverses Order That Invalidated Materialman's Lien on Basis That Lien Amount Exceeded Statutory Maximum, Holding That Superior Court Erred by Denying Lienholder Opportunity to Amend Amount to Comply with Statutory Limits

  • Hill v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jordan Van Matre, (The Law Office of Jordan K. Van Matre, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0553

    Court Rejects Range of Challenges to Convictions of Defendants Who Were Apprehended While Carrying Methamphetamine in Their Trunk Based on Suspicion That Vehicle Smelled of Marijuana

  • In the Interest of A. L. S., a child

    Publication Date: 2019-08-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol Walker, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Cummings, Michael H. Cummings II, LLC), Clayton, Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellee. Kellie Rogers, (Kellie E Rogers PC), Gainesville, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0282

    Court vacates juvenile court's dismissal of a dependency action

  • The State v. Parks

    Publication Date: 2019-08-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Geoffrey Bard, (Conasauga Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0491

    Trial Court Erred in Admitting Evidence of Defendant's Polygraph Refusal

  • Wells v. Regions Bank

    Publication Date: 2019-08-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Strauss, (Attorney at Law), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Burke, Myles Levelle, Brian Moore, Vivian Fisher, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Gordon Wells, Conroe, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0404

    Triable Issue of Fact as to Whether Construction Loan and Line of Credit Were Inextricably Linked

  • O'Brien v. Lewis

    Publication Date: 2019-07-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Greer, (VanLanduyt Giles Greer, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy Richardson, Eric Wilborn, (Stewart, Melvin & Frost LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0502

    Court Affirms Modification of Support and Custody Arrangement Over Challenge to Jurisdiction, Concluding Father Had Consented to Jurisdiction of Modifying Court

  • In the Interest of T. Y. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Judson Smith, (Smith Law Group, P.C.), Vidalia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Lance Hamilton, (Lance J Hamilton P.C.), Sparta, for appellee. Lawrence Turner, (Harris County Correctional Institute), Hamilton, Courtney Anderson, (C. Joiner Anderson & Associates, PC), Lyons, Mary Claire Brannon, (TLC Casa), Swainsboro, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0226

    Deficiencies in Juvenile Court's Dependency Court Prevented Meaningful Review of Mother's Appeal

  • In the Interest of M. R. B., A Child

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael McCarthy, (Mike McCarthy, Criminal Defense Lawyer), Rocky Face, George Souther, (Little, Bates, Kelehear & Toland PC), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law PC), Cohutta, for appellee. Matthew Thames, (Matthew D. Thames, Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0490

    Order Terminating Parental Rights Lacked Evidentiary Support And Was Riddled With Material Errors