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  • Harvey et al. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Personal Injury
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    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

  • Albright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2022

    Defendant Lacked Standing to Seek to Suppress Location Information Derived From Girlfriend's Cell Phone

  • Department of Transportation v. Szenczi et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Warren Power, (Power & Jaugstetter, P.C.), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Warren Tillery, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1905

    Motion to Set Aside Does Not Save Property Owner's Failure to Plead Improper Service of Petition for Condemnation and Declaration of Taking in Untimely Notice of Appeal

  • The Columbus Clinic, P. C. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Newton, Jarrett Spence, (Constangy, Brooks, Smith, & Prophete, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Martin, (Martin & Martin, LLP), Tucker for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1895

    Court reverses summary judgment for an employee physician due to unresolved ambiguity in an employment agreement

  • Nunez-Mendoza v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Cavedon, (Northeastern Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, Shiv Sachdeva, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney), Gainsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1870

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to suppress, ruling that his arrest was lawful and that officers had probable cause to search his vehicle

  • April 17, 2020 | Daily Report Online

    Another One: 6 Judges Have Stepped Down From this Case by Candidates Suing to Run for Georgia's High Court

    Six state Supreme Court justices have now recused from hearing an appeal over whether to reinstate an election for the seat currently held by colleague Justice Keith Blackwell. But three justices remain on the case.

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  • Mullinax et al v. Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

    Publication Date: 2020-04-17
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, Maxwell Thelen, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Peter Law Elizabeth Rose, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Darneille, John Wooten, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Derek Mendicino, (Penna & Mendicino), Conyers, Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A1899

    Court affirms summary judgment as to one defendant but reverses as to two other defendants in a wrongful death case

  • April 13, 2020 | Daily Report Online

    John Barrow Accuses Ga. Supreme Court of 'Slow Walking' Ruling on Justice Blackwell's Seat

    "There are lots of ways to suppress the vote," said former U.S. Rep. John Barrow, who wants to run for Justice Keith Blackwell's seat.

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  • Riverdale Land Group, LLC et al. v. Clayton County, Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-31
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Nystrom, Charles Ferguson, (Atkinson Ferguson, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Maine, Matthew Weiss, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2114

    Board's Denial of Application for a Conditional-Use Permit Was Quasi-Judicial; Filing a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari Was the Only Way to Seek Review of the Board's Decision

  • Bamberg v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andrew J. Ekonomou, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson, Jan Kennedy, Thomas Edwars Buscemi, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19A1052

    Court affirms convictions of mother and son for murder of the son's ex-wife over their challenges to evidence and alleged trial court error