• In The Matter of Claud L. Mciver, III.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-25
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Franklin Samuel (Garland Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, for other party.

    Case Number: S18Y1161

    The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary suspension of his license to practice law pending the outcome of his appeal of his criminal convictions arising out of the shooting death of his wife.

  • Hand Down List decided on: April 18, 2018

    Publication Date: 2018-04-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, Second Department
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, Second Department: April 18, 2018

  • June 19, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Georgia Supreme Court Says State Can't Be Sued Over Abortion Law

    The justices ruled Monday that the state cannot be sued over a controversial law that bans most abortions after 20 weeks and gives prosecutors access to women's medical records—but they leave the door open to other challenges.

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  • January 27, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    New Justices Recuse From Fights Over State Power

    The Georgia Supreme Court played a bit of judicial musical chairs this week as two of the newest members recused themselves from high-profile cases and different judges replaced them fo

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  • January 23, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Abortion Case Pits Privacy Against State Power at High Court

    The constitutional right to privacy took on the power of the state to claim immunity from legal challenge before the Georgia Supreme Court Monday.The case in question targets a 2012 sta

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  • June 12, 2014 |

    Sales v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.

     Wilburt SALES, Jr., Janice T. Sales, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee849…

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  • Millsaps v. State

    Publication Date: 2011-07-29
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel and William C. Lea Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kermit N. McManus, District Attorney, and Mark P. Higgins Jr. District Attorney's Office, Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A11A0038

    Conviction for violating Computer or Electronic Pornography and Child Exploitation Act of 2007 affirmed as trial court did not err in denying motion to exclude custodial statements based on improper

  • Whitley v. Piedmont Hosp. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2007-04-20
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James W. Howard The Howard Law Firm, Tucker, for Whitley and others. Russell B. Davis, Min J. Koo Downey & Cleveland, Marietta, Timothy H. Bendin Hall, Booth, Smith & Slover, and Randolph P. Powell Jr. Huff, Powell & Bailey LLC, Atlanta, for Piedmont Hospital and others. Edward T. Garland, Robin N. Loeb and Anne H. Coolidge-Kaplan Garland, Samuel & Loeb, Atlanta, for Williams.
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A06A1775; A06A1776

    The expert witness' contradicting affidavits and deposition testimony were sufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact on breach of care and causation issues in the plaintiff's medical mal

  • Phillips v. State

    Publication Date: 2006-05-26
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Johnson, Edward H.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William C. Lea and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William S. Askew, District Attorney, and Mary K. Mitchell, Assistant District Attorney, Swainsboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A06A0376

    The trial court properly admitted pictures of the defe s damaged vehicle, which officers found in plain sight in the back of his home while investigating the victim's report that he saw the def

  • Brooks-Powers v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth.

    Publication Date: 2003-04-04
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Smith, George T.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel L. Starks Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter B. McClelland Mabry & McClelland LLP, and Robert J. Routman, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A02A2448

    The exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act barred the plaintiff's suit arising out of her husband's death at work, while inspecting a segment of MARTA