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  • Johnson v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-04-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Golden, (Kupferman & Golden), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Hasbrouck, (Martenson, Hasbrouck & Simon, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1654

    Parent Could Not be Found in Contempt For Failing to Avail Himself of Non-Compulsory Visitation Rights

  • Ledbetter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Demetrius Ledbetter, Decatur, appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Mosley, (Solicitor General), Jonesboro, Stephenie Dufford, (Clayton County Solicitor's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee. 
    Case Number: A18A2090

    Court Vacates Core of Trial Court Order Denying Motion by Man Who Was Accused Domestic Violence, Had Charges Dropped, and Sought to Restrict His Criminal Record Where Trial Court Erroneously Failed to Apply Applicable Statutory Framework to Claim for Relief but Affirms Trial Court's Dismissal of Improper Defendants

  • Barrett et al. v. Burnette

    Publication Date: 2019-03-25
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Hughes, Philip Lorenz, (Morrison & Hughes), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Ruplin, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, William Carson, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1705

    Evidence as to Defendant's Intoxication Was Probative as to Whether He Abandoned His Car in Middle of Roadway

  • U-Haul Company of Arizona et al. v. Rutland et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, Sean Hyatt, Jenny Mendelsohn, Gerald Mize, Colin Kelly, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, John Oxendine, (Oxendine Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cable, P.A.), Dallas, for appellee. Johnathan Krawcheck, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, Sanjay Ghosh, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, Mason Rountree, (Rountree Law Firm), Dallas, Henry Pruett, (Levy & Pruett), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A2037

    Plaintiff Lacked Standing At Initial Stage of Litigation to Seek Declaratory Judgment Regarding Defendant's Maximum Insurance Coverage

  • In the Interest of A. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Penny Hannah, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Andrea Moldovan, (Andrea R. Moldovan P.C.), Douglasville, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gina Smalley, (Law Offices of Gina Smalley, LLC), Marietta, Brad MacDonald, (Hill/MacDonald, LLC), Marietta, for appellee. Lisa Johnson, (The Laj Law Firm, LLC), Dallas, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A2092

    Juvenile Court's Placement Decision Was Faulty For Failure to Fully Consider and Apply Child's-Best-Interest Standard

  • State of Georgia v. Ronald Wyttenbach et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Penny Hannah, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, Lori Cheatham, (Special Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Marietta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Josie Redwine, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee. James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, Josie Redwine, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Catherine Lerow, Marietta, Christine Triebsch, (Christine A. Triebsch, P.C.), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1914

    Superior court had no authority to award physical custody of two minor children or to split their physical and legal custody.

  • Pierson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard Brody, (Brody Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, (District Attorney), Columbus, William Lisenby, (Attorney at Law), Hamilton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1460

    Court affirms sexual assault convictions of former county sheriff's deputy

  • Abdullah v. Winslow at Eagle's Landing Homeowners Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-19
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Askia Abdullah, McDonough, appellant.
    for defendant: Wesley Dunlap, Ashley Thompson, (Dunlap Gardiner LLP), Hiram, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2121

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order Granting Summary Judgment to Homeowners' Association That Fined Resident for Unauthorized Flower Bed in Absence of Contractual Basis for Assessing Fines

  • Carson, Jr. et al. v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-19
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Rothman, Kyler Wise, (Wilson Brock & Irby, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1951

    Land developer allowed to move to compel County Board members to issue a land-disturbance permit

  • Rowland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adams, Elizabeth Bobbitt, (Office of the District Attorney, Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Jackson, Forsyth, Cynthia Adams, (Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney), Barnesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1562

    Court Rejects Appeal by Child Abuser and Sex Criminal Who Claimed He Was Convicted Based on Insufficient Evidence of Specific Criminal Acts