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  • Warnock v. Sandford et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-10
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristen Cawley, (Goodman McGuffey Lindsey & Johnson, LLP), Atlanta, James Doyle, Robert Marcovitch, Charles Reed, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, For Appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Bleiberg, Gary Hill, (Hill and Bleiberg), Atlanta, For Appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1656

    Court affirms damages award for pain and suffering over defendant's objections to improper jury instructions on the Georgia impact rule

  • Nash v. Reed

    Publication Date: 2019-05-01
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Little, David Fried, Matthew Kahn, (Fried & Bonder, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Gray, (Law Office of Dan J. Colley), Duluth, for appellee. Matthew Ashby, (Savell & Williams, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1707

    Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part Trial Court's Handling of Summary Judgment in Dispute Between Jogger and Driver Who Struck Driver

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Maddox, Anna Szatkowski, (Northeastern Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold Buckler, Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2132

    Court Affirms Conviction for Cruelty to a Child of Mother Who Used Drugs While Parenting Over Objection that Key Witness Perjured Himself to Avoid Prosecution for Child Pornography

  • Stapler v. Boling et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Buice (Kevin B. Buice LLC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Bills (David S. Bills PC), Atlanta; Diane Sternlieb (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellee. Johannes Kingma (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0374

    Professional Negligence and Abusive Litigation Claims Failed Based on Res Judicata and Failure of Notice

  • Blanton v. Crump Heating & Air, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-05-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Smith (Smith, Hannan and Parker, PC.), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Welborn (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2005

    Plaintiff Could Not Maintain Action In Superior Court After His Attorney Had Settled Same Claims in Magistrate Court

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William McQueen (McQueen Law Office LC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Chafin (Assistant District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens; Kenneth Mauldin (District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A2064

    The evidence supported defendant's conviction for, inter alia, one count of child molestation, in which he was alleged to have masturbated in front of his 13-year-old stepson, despite the boy's trial testimony that he closed his eyes when defendant pulled out his penis, because it was not necessary for the victim to actually see defendant masturbate and there was evidence from which the jury could infer that defendant masturbated in the boys presence.

  • February 28, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Man Awarded $10.9M for Wreck that Broke His Neck, Caused Permanent Brain Damage

    A Douglas County jury issued a post-apportionment award of $10.9 million in the case of a man who su

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  • March 24, 2016 | Daily Report Online

    State High Court Says Insurance Doesn't Cover Brain Damage From Lead Paint

    In a case closely watched by industry and consumer advocates, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance policy exclusion for pollutants can be used to deny coverage for permanent

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  • June 12, 2014 |

    Sproles v. Green

     CAROLYN M. SPROLES and husband, CHARLES B. SPROLES v. DAVID REED GREENE, TRAVELERS INDEMNITY INSURANCE COMPANY and UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY…

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  • August 23, 2004 | Daily Report Online

    21 to watch: On the Rise 2004

    Profile stories of Gayle M. Abramson, Carla E. Brown, Christopher Carpenter, Christopher M. Carr, Kristin M. Childers, Hakim Hilliard, Ajay K. Jindia, Michael D. Johnson, William H. Jordan, A

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