• Carr v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Strickland, (Strickland & Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray, D. Reynolds, John Melvin, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0346

    Court Affirms Convictions for Various Crimes Arising from Theft by Attorney of Widow's Assets, Rejecting Range of Meritless Challenges to Trial Proceedings

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Raymond, (Hogue & Hogue (of Counsel), Macon, Laura Hogue, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bibler, George Hartwig, George Hartwig, Thomas Woody, (Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney), Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0085

    Prosecutor Did Not Overreach By Suggesting During Vigorous Cross-Examination That Defense Witness Had Concealed Evidence

  • Holzheuser v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Fleischman, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0757

    Court affirms child molestation conviction over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel and improper admission of evidence

  • In The Interest of A. M. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Jennifer Cline, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Daniel Thomas, (Daniel C. Thomas PC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derwin Davis, (Davis Law, LLC), Conyers, for appellee. DeVona Roseberry, (Roseberry Law, LLC), Conyers, Alcovy Casa, (C/O Lindsay Tyner), Covington, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0240

    Court vacates juvenile court reunification order for reconsideration in accordance with applicable statute

  • Boyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Ashley Hurley, (Office of the District Attorney John H. Cranford, Jr. Coweta County Justice Center), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0381

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's venue, evidentiary, and ineffective assistance objections

  • In The Interest of A. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeannie Altman, (Law Office of Jeannie S. Altman LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, Jana Evans, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Saudia Crawford, (Collins Gordon Henry & LLLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Amber Walden, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: A19A0147

    Juvenile court's dependency order must contain appropriate findings of fact and conclusions of law

  • Doctors Hospital of Augusta, LLC v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-04
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Belinfante, Kimberly Anderson, Daniel Monahan, Carey Miller, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Ecenia, (Rutledge Ecenia, P. A.), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roxana Tatman, (Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Monica Sullivan, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Threlkeld, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0567

    Court Affirms Agency Award of Certificate of Need to Build Hospital Over Objection by Competing Bidder That Award Ignored Statutory Requirements

  • Lalonde v. Taylor English Duma, LLP et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-20
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Goss
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A18A2012

    Chain of causation in legal malpractice claim was broken when claimant settled underlying litigation

  • Moore v. Wellstar Health System, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-17
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roy Barnes, James Tribble, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Meri Benoit, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hall, Kenneth Jones, (Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover), Atlanta, Melissa Reading, Frederick Gleaton, Laura Strong, (Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1810

    Court grants new trial to medical malpractice plaintiff because of introduction of hearsay evidence at first trial

  • Cobb Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Cobb Hospital et al. v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-13
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Armando Basarrate, Elizabeth Kitchens, David Darden, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, David Conley, Robert Ingram, (Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Isaac Byrd, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Roxana Tatman, Rachel King, Frank Berry, (Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, Forrest Pearce, (Ray and Gregory, LLC), Atlanta, Monica Sullivan, Department Of Law), Atlanta, Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, For Appellee.

    Case Number: A18A2009

    Court denies hospital's challenge to a certificate of need determination for a new health facility.