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  • Humphrey et al. v. The Emory Clinic, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-03
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Alison Currie, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, John Mabrey, (The Mabrey Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Marcovitch, Anna Pieschel, Caroline Gieser, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, Carter Weathington, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, Spencer Bomar, Wayne McGrew, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0735

    Court affirms exclusion of expert opinions as to standard of care and causation against physician specialists because those opinions did not satisfy OCGA § 24-7-702.

  • The State v. Small

    Publication Date: 2023-09-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, (Assistant District Attorney Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1140

    Court reverses order granting defendant's new trial motion, finding there was no basis to conclude that his trial counsel performed deficiently as to a jury charge request

  • Simmons v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Harrison, (Public Defenders Office Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, Kelli Adams, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0775

    Court reverses denial of a motion to vacate a void sentence for felony sexual battery that was deemed void because the victim was not under 16 at the time of the offense

  • In the Interest of K. A. V., a child.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robin McCallum, (McCallum & Associates, LLC), Decatur, Laurie Brown, (Gwinnett County DFCS), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Bliss, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Chevelle Douglas, (Vayman & Teitelbaum PC), Alpharetta, Yazmin Sobh, Andrea Landers, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0968

    Juvenile Court Lacked Authority to Sanction Department of Family and Children Services After Juvenile Turned 18

  • Alpha Genomix Laboratories, Inc. et al. v. Crandall

    Publication Date: 2023-08-25
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Foust, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1096

    Court affirms breach of contract claim by former employee where defendants failed to pay severance, and partially vacates and remands for consideration of other issues

  • Rush v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brock Johnson, (Johnson Law Firm LLC), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Blair Mahaffey, (Assistant District Attorney Lumpkin County District Attorney’s Office), Dahlonega, for appellee,
    Case Number: A23A0637

    Court affirms drug convictions over defendant's challenge to legality of a traffic stop and the prolonging of that stop, and contentions of an illegal search

  • Nanoventions, LLC v. Daniels

    Publication Date: 2023-08-22
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Mones, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Daniels, (Montgomery State Prison), Mt. Vernon, Bonnie Hutchinson, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0295

    Court reverses order denying damages against a defendant in a RICO case against whom a default judgment was entered, and reverses and remands on an attorney fee issue

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Malone, (Appellate Division, Georgia Pubic Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, Veronica Hansis, (Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0367

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates defendant's sentence and remands for resentencing

  • In the Interest of K. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Abbott, (Special Assistant Attorney General), Decatur, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Jamila Fair, Decatur, for appellee; LaShanda Lennon, (Lennon Family Law LLC), Snellville, April Hall, Austell, Chandra Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Amy Cole, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0355

    Court rejects a father's challenge to a juvenile court fining that his twin children are dependent, have been neglected, and are in need of court protection

  • In the Interest of B. R., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-08-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, Jerry Thacker, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Douglas Pack, (Pearl & Associates), Chamblee, Bidisha Idnani, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0194

    Court vacates two juvenile court orders on dependency and remands for specific findings on parental unfitness and clarification of what had been continued