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  • Granados v. Newsome

    Publication Date: 2025-01-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman, (Attorney at Law), Madison, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, Stephen Morris, (Morris Law, LLC), Madison, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1411

    Court Affirms Suspension of Father's Visitation Rights in an Emergency Custody Dispute

  • Peterman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, Melissa Akins, (DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elaine Thompson, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1381

    Court affirms convictions for sexual assault offenses against minor, rejecting merger, sufficiency, and evidentiary challenges

  • November 26, 2024 | Daily Report Online

    Misconduct Case Advances Against Middle Georgia Probate Judge

    A judicial misconduct probe launched against a Middle Georgia judge is proceeding toward an ethics hearing. The Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel has issued an order outlining next steps in its investigation of Chatham County Probate Judge Thomas C. Bordeaux Jr.

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  • Simmons et al. v. Solo Cup Operating Corporation

    Publication Date: 2024-11-06
    Practice Area: Employment Compliance | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Beer, (SSMK Legal, LLC), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Joseph Minock, Nicole Bigman, (Sinton Scott Minock & Kerew), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carrie Christie, Carrie Christie, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, Mari Agasarkisian, Atlanta, for appellee; Frederick Ferrand, Lauren Meadows, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0623

    Court reverses dismissal in wrongful death lawsuit against a manufacturer, finding that the Workers' Comp Act did not apply because the decedent's injuries were not incidental to employment

  • Couch v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Coweta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Franklin, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Matthew Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1034

    Court affirms denial of motion drug suppress evidence found in a hotel room because hotel guest lost a right to privacy after scheduled checkout time

  • Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. Drake

    Publication Date: 2024-08-09
    Practice Area: Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Elizabeth Young, Bryan Webb, Russell Willard, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bowers, Lucas Boggs, (Johnson Marlowe LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0321

    Court vacates ruling affirming a UGA student's suspension and nullifying UGA Conduct Regulations, and remands matter with direction to reconsider student's self-defense claims

  • Golden Pantry Food Stores, Inc. v. Bradley

    Publication Date: 2024-04-22
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackson Dial, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: ShaMiracle Rankin, (CP Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Graddock, Keenan Nix, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PLLC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1597

    Court vacates spoliation sanctions against retail food store in a pair of premises liability cases and remands for reconsideration of plaintiff's actions under an alternate standard

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Coggins, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rodrigo Silva, William Kendall, (District Attorney’s Office, Houston Judicial Circuit), Perry, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1258

    Court affirms school bus driver's conviction for vehicular homicide over her contentions of juror misconduct regarding the jurors' receipts of extrajudicial information

  • Madison v. Old 41 Farm, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-11-22
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn Burch, (The Burch Firm LLC), Columbus, Benjamin Vaughn, (Benjamin A. Vaughn, P.C.), Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Tate, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellee; Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0860

    Court reverses grant of writ of mandamus in a sewer availability dispute, noting that a city manager did not abuse her discretion in denying a favorable sewer availability letter

  • Simmons v. Flint, Connolly & Walker, LLP et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Akin, S. Tate, (Akin & Tate, LLC), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Frisch, Caroline Scalf, (Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell), Atlanta, for appellee; William Lester, Charles Pollack, (Fryer, Shuster & Lester, P.C.), Atlanta, Monica Gilroy, (The Gilroy Firm), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0732

    Buyer's Attorney Had No Duty to Non-Client to Ensure Real Estate Transaction Accorded With Non-Client's Understanding