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  • Arnold v. Word et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-31
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louie Hendricks, (L. Barrington Hendricks, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maren Cave, Kathryn Robertson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Odis Williams, (The Law Office of Odis Williams, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0675

    Aunt of Autistic Man Who Died After Choking on Food at Personal Care Home Fails to Identify Premises Liability Duty Owed by Property's Alleged Co-Owner

  • Cupsa v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Lee Tittsworth, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0611

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Responding to Jury Question; Counsel Was Not Ineffective by Failing to Object to Court's Response to Jury's Question on Coercion

  • Calloway-Spencer v. Spencer

    Publication Date: 2020-07-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Austin Buerlein, (Elovitz, Edwards, O'Nan & Buerlein, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0546

    In Divorce Action, Court Reverses Finding That Wife Gifted Townhome to the Marital Unit, and Remands for Application of the Source of Funds Rule

  • Five Star Athlete Management, Inc. et al. v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Entertainment and Sports Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Johns, (Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP), Indianapolis, for appellant.
    for defendant: Von DuBose, (DuBose Miller), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0085

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment on quantum meruit and RICO Act claims in a dispute over an alleged oral agreement for athlete recruiting services

  • Serdula v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Emily Johnson, (District Attorney's Office Rome Judicial Circuit), Rome, John Melvin, (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0258

    Court affirms convictions for unlawful surveillance, aggravated sodomy, and other crimes over defendant's contentions of trial court error, insufficient evidence, and ineffective counsel

  • Boynton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-20
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Manubir Arora, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker, (District Attorney), Thomaston, Julia Slater, (District Attorney), Columbus, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney's Office), Griffin, Robert Smith, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0578

    Requiring Defendant to Show His Tattoos to Jury Was Harmless Error

  • Hunter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Tristan Gillespie, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0491

    Court affirms conviction for conspiracy to purchase marijuana over contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Mitchell & Associates, Inc. v. Global Systems Integration, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-17
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Van De Water, (Isenberg & Hewitt), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Kruger, Calvin Wright, (Fisher & Phillips LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0599

    Court affirms summary judgment order that awarded a contractor its lost profits but reverses contractor's claim for a refund of fees previously paid

  • Perez v. Cunningham

    Publication Date: 2020-07-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brad Macdonald, (Hill/MacDonald, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christina Cunningham, Woodstock, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0601

    Court Erred in Retroactively Modifying Father's Child Support Obligation and Improperly Applying Upward Deviation Based on His Lack of Parenting Time

  • Spirnak v. Meadows

    Publication Date: 2020-07-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn Meadows, Ruskin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0158

    Court affirms denial of claimant's petition to modify a child custody and visitation order but remands for reconsideration of certain payment and fee awards