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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

  • 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

  • Unique Auto Sales, LLC et al. v. Dunwody Insurance Agency et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-09-06
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reuben Akin, (Attorney at Law), Macon, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Ernest Satterfield, Thomas Haswell, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee; Kenneth Jones, (Five Star Automotive), Atlanta, other party.
    Case Number: A23A0697

    Court affirms summary judgment that an insurer was not liable for an insured party's losses due to plain language of exclusions in a policy