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  • Truss v. The State

    Publication Date: 2025-01-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rachel Schmitt, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nedra Howard, Pamela Bettis, (Nedra K. Howard, P.C. Henry County State Court Solicitor's Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1851

    Court Vacates Restitution Order in Vehicle Damage Case for Lack of Evidence of Vehicle's Fair Market Value Prior to Damage

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly, (Western Circuit Public Defender's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, Burke Doherty, Brandon Thompson, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Athens, John Regan, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1488

    Court vacates superior court guilt and sentencing judgments in a gang activity for lack of subject matter jurisdiction over juvenile offenses

  • Northside Hospital, Inc. v. Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rozier, Sanford Moore, Charlotte Combre, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Roger Hatcher, Matthew Smith, (Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A.), Gainesville, Robert Highsmith, (Highsmith V. Highsmith), Baxley, Robert Highsmith, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Armando Basarrate, David Darden, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Cole, (Welchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, Charles Thimmesch, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Stacey Hillock, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1081

    Court remands Certificate of Need decision in a challenge brought by competing health care centers and directs Department of Community Health to apply the proper standard

  • Calvert v. Calvert

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Juhee Jun, (The Jun Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Michael Kramer, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0640

    Court in Child Custody Case May Not Consider Award of Attorney Fees Following Entry of Final Judgment

  • Jones et al. v. Scarlett & Associates, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Gorby, (Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC), Tucker, Mary Peters, (Gorby, Peters & Associates LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Simon Bloom, Troy Covington, Sean Ryan, (Bloom Parham, LLP), Atlanta, Kenneth Newby, Jamaal Brown, (Newby Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; David Broussard, (Clyde & Co US LLP), Atlanta, Saint Security, LLC, (Saint Security, LLC c/o Bonsai Bix Filings, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1022

    Restaurant Guard's Employment Relationship Did Not Preclude Application of Mutual Combatant Doctrine

  • Hampton v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2024-12-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, Mark Nonni, (Barrett Nonni Homola & Ferraro, PLLC), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Spurlin, (Spurlin & McCorvey), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0933

    Court reverses dismissal of amended personal injury complaint and allows plaintiff's amendment to correct defendant name where original name was a misnomer

  • Othman v. Navicent Health Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Employment Compliance | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0868

    Private Hospital's Internal Policies Did Not Create Duty Upon Which Tort Action Could Independently Lie

  • Faulkner v. Cotes

    Publication Date: 2024-11-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Gardial, (Grisham, Poole & Carlile, P.C.), Canton, Sarah Illg, (Teague Law), East Ellijay, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Weaver, (Law Office of George W. Weaver), Jasper, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1073

    Court vacates trial court order on a child custody modification due to inadequate findings of fact and remands for more detailed findings and clarification of how those findings support the order

  • Health Services of Central Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Wanna

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Brennan, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jared Miller, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Julia Magda, (Magda Law, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Cochran, Sarah Gordon, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Franklin Gaddy, (Martin Snow LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0909

    Court affirms mixed rulings in a contract and employment dispute between a physician and his employer, and remands attorney fees determination

  • YKH Realty, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2024-11-07
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Coppedge, (Coppedge & Associates, P.C.), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Frances Mulderig, (Georgia Attorney General’s Office), Atlanta, Henry Tharpe, (Tharpe Law Firm, LLC), Dalton, Anne Sapp, (Anne W. Sapp, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0888

    Court reverses dismissal of notices of appeal and part of a summary judgment grant that had been in favor of Department of Transportation in a condemnation compensation dispute