• Forsyth County Georgia et al. v. Mommies Properties LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-04-16
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Frickey, Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Teague, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Larry Oldham, (Larry C. Oldham, P.C.), Cumming, Keisha Martin Chambless, (Teague & Chambless), Cumming, for appellee. John Neville, (Neville & Cunat, LLP), Cumming, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1810

    Court rules in favor of a County in land use and building permit appeals, finding that superior court improperly dismissed evidence that favored the County

  • Hartman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Shubow, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, (The Law Offices of Fani T. Willis, LLC), Atlanta, Teri Walker, Richard Caplan, Claude Rudder, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1911

    Court affirms convictions for rape and aggravated sodomy over defendant's challenges to evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Runnells v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Armond, (The Armond Firm, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher George, Daniel Porter, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office Office of the District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1154

    Police Officer Lacked Particularized and Objective Basis For Second-Tier Investigative Detention of Drug-Crime Suspect

  • Pneumo Abex, LLC, et al. v. Sheila Long, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-12
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Hempel, Gregory O'Neil, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Valentin Leppert, (King & Spalding LLP), Frances Spinelli, Ivan Gustafson, (Evert Weathersby Houff), Atlanta, Robyn Richards, Andrew Davenport, Paul Williams, (Kasowitz Benson Torress, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Sharon Zinns, (Zinns Law, LLC), Smyrna, S. Tate, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellee. Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1442

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Granting Partial Summary Judgment to Deceased's Wife as to Companies' Non-Party Fault Defense and on 'Alternative Carcinogens'

  • Dessalines v. Department of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2020-10-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Jaffe, Ryan Castellon, (Jaffe Family Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Laurie Brown, (McCallum & Associates LLC), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1006

    Court reverses dismissal of petition challenging inclusion of defendant's name on child abuse registry, finding that she effected proper service of her petition

  • Tucker v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kindall Browning, Perry, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bibler, George Hartwig, (Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney), Perry, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0715

    Evidence Is Sufficient to Support Statutory Rape Conviction; Trial Court Did Not Err in Failing to Appoint 'Conflict-Free Counsel'

  • The State v. Gilmore

    Publication Date: 2020-07-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Patterson, Luke Martin, Morgan Bottger, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Lowe, (Assistant Public Defender), Ringgold, Jonathan Hamrick, (Rome Circuit Public Defender Office), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0189

    Confidential informant's video recording of a drug deal was barred under Confrontation Clause because informant was unavailable for cross-examination

  • Purnell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0526

    Potential Jurors' Comments on Sentencing and Parole Were Not Inherently Prejudicial; Trial Court Did Not Err in Declining to Strike Venire

  • Schuman v. Georgia Department of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McIlvaine, (Williams Litigation Group, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta Jennifer Mock, (The Mock Law Firm, LLC), Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth Penland, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1924

    Court reverses dismissal of petition seeking review of including a petitioner's name on a child abuse registry

  • Harvey et al. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Roger Harris, Douglas Clayton, (Swift, Currie, Mcghee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Bruce Kirbo, (Attorney at Law), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Erwin, Alfred Powell, (Powell & Erwin, P.C.), Camilla, W. McCall, Henry Williams, (Mccall WILLIAMS, LLC), Albany, Gregory Williams, (The Law Offices of Gregory Terrell Williams LLC), Camilla, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2217

    Plaintiff's Closing Argument Violated Trial Court's Admonition Not to Enflame Jurors' Emotions