• Helton v. United Services Automobile Association

    Publication Date: 2020-04-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Oliver Horne, (Reynolds, McArthur & Horne), Macon, Bradley Survant, (Reynolds, Horne & Survant), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jon Wolfe, Lillian Bittick, (Chambless Higdon Richardson Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee. Mark Maholick, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1950

    Court reverses summary judgment order for insurer and remands case for further consideration of injured party's arguments on choice of law

  • Phillips v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2458

    Court Reverses Convictions Absent Evidence That Act of Indecency or Child Molestation Was Intended Motivation Behind Defendant's Attempts to Entice Victims Into Vehicle

  • Smith v. Brooks et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marc Aragon, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Richard Howe, (Howe & Associates), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Joffe, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christina Gualtieri, (Goodman McGuffey), Atlanta, Joseph Cruser, (Cruser & Mitchell, L.L.P.), Norcross, Raymond Grant, (Cruiser & Mitchell), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1661

    Court reverses dismissal of personal injury case, concluding that trial court applied the wrong standard in determining that statute of limitations had expired

  • Davis et al. v. Rockdale Art Farm, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William White, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeremy Moulton, (The Moulton Firm), Conyers, Odis Williams, (The Law Office of Odis Williams, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2199

    Property Owners Lacked Standing to Challenge Grant of Special Use Permit For "Art Farm" on Nearby Property

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Cribbs, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2174

    Prior Evidence of Child Molestation Not Inadmissible Merely Because Defendant's Age at Time of Offense Was Uncertain

  • In the Interest of L. K., Children et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Womack, (Conowal, Welch, Womack & Rinderknecht, LLC), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Franklin Patterson, Audra Caldwell, (Bart Patterson & Associates, LLC), Gainesville, for appellee. Belinda Martin, (Martin Law, PC), Cumming, Gregory Valpey, (Valpey & Walker), Gainesville, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A2328

    Juvenile Court Was Not Presented With Clear and Convincing Evidence to Support a Finding That Father Failed to Protect and Properly Supervise His Children

  • March 31, 2020 | Daily Report Online

    JNC Sends Shortlist to Kemp for Supreme Court, Southern Circuit

    Gov. Brian Kemp now has shortlists of candidates to replace Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell, plus Southern Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge James G. Tunison Jr.

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  • Owens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Curry, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyette Holmes, Marietta, Courtney Mays, (Douglas County Solicitor General), Douglasville, Amelia Pray, John Melvin, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2208

    Convictions for Interference With Custody of Minors Reversed as Guardians Would Not Have Had Custody of Minors When They Were With Defendant

  • Cousin v. Tubbs

    Publication Date: 2020-03-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tanya Graham, Demetrius Price, (The Law Office of Tanya Mitchell Graham, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Ladin, (Ladin & Associates Attorneys at Law), Kennesaw, appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1805

    Trial Court Abused Discretion in Awarding Substantial High-Income Deviation From Presumptive Child-Support Obligation

  • Sponsler v. Sponsler et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-13
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Heath, (Erika Heath, Attorney At Law), San Francisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Ballinger, (Attorney at Law), Canton, Margaret Washburn, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, April Sponsler, Stone Mountain, John O'Brien, (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Norcross, Viraj Deshmukh (Thompson, O'Brien, Kemp & Nasuti, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2282

    In Light of Reversal of Prior Appeal in Underlying Divorce Action, Trial Court Erred in Failing to Grant Ex-Husband Reimbursement for HELOC Payments