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  • Georgia CVS Pharmacy, LLC v. Carmichael

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Brian David Trulock, (Magmutual Insurance Company), Atlanta, Carrie A. Moss, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Robert Blackwell, William Joseph Repko, III, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Peter Andrew Law, Brian Colty Kaplan, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, James Alexander Rice, Jr., Andrew J. Brandt, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, , for appellee; Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Valentin Leppert, Martha Banner Banks, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, Rebecca Woods, Esther Slater McDonald, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP.), Atlanta, Adeline K Lambert, Kyle D. Hawkins, Drew F. Waldbeser, (Lehotsky Keller LLP), Atlanta, Elissa Blache Haynes, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Martin Adam Levinson, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta, Amicus Appellant; Gilbert H. Deitch, Andrew Timothy Rogers, Kara Elizabeth Phillips, William Michael D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee.
    Case Number: S22G0527

    Court rules that in premises liability cases, the reasonable foreseeability of a third-party criminal act is a factual determination linked to a proprietor's obligations

  • Perryman-Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-24
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Agatha K. Romanowski, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0228

    Defense Counsel's Cross-Examination of Medical Examiner Was Within Range of Reasonable Professional Assistance

  • Blocker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Michelle Kempter, (Kempter Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Burke Olivia Doherty, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0032

    Excited Utterance Applied Where Declarant Was Disturbed and Only 20 Minutes Had Passed Following Incident

  • Greene v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Kenneth Luttrell, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Eric Christopher Peters, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Dalia Racine, Aimee F. Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0200

    Any Error In Admitting Evidence of Prior Assaults on Murder Defendant's Ex-Girlfriends Was Harmless

  • In the Matter of Ian Zimmerman.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ian Zimmerman, (Zimmerman Law Firm), Valdosta, for appellee; Quentin LaMont Marlin, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0492

    Court orders disbarment of attorney who had violated numerous rules of professional conduct

  • In the Matter of Brian Walton Whiteside.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gene Chapman, (Gene Chapman LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0579

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposes a three-month suspension of his law license in response to his multiple rule violations

  • In the Matter of Craig S. Bonnell.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-26
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig S. Bonnell, (Craig S.Bonnell, Attorney at Law), Rincon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0123

    Court rejects the State bar's petition for a public reprimand of an attorney because the record was unclear as to several matters involving the attorney's misconduct

  • Southern States Chemical, Inc. et al. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc. f/k/a Tampa Tank Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Tucker Barr, Andrew Clay Stevens, Natalie Cascario, David Lee Hobson, Jeffrey Young Lewis, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Edwin W. King, Jr., (Edwin W. King, Jr., P.C.), Savannah, Michael Brian Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mike O’Neal Crawford, Swift S. Currie, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Cecily Joy McLeod, Kimberly Council Sheridan, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; LaTisha Dear Jackson, (DeKalb County Superior Court), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: S23A0273

    Court affirms dismissal of breach of warranty claims that were barred by the pre-amendment statute of repose

  • Knox et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Education Law | Government
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Crane Canfield, Brian Charles Lea, Sharnell S. Simon, (Jones Day), Atlanta, Amanda K. Rice, (Jones Day), Detroit, for appellant.
    for defendant: Annette M. Cowart, Russell David Willard, Christopher M. Carr, Bryan Keith Webb, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Sarah Brewerton-Palmer, Michael Adam Caplan, (Caplan Cobb LLC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23A0167

    Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Adjudicate Challenge to Statute Permitting Firearm Possession on College Campuses

  • McCalop v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. M. Raffauf, (J. M. Raffauf P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Ashley Cecelia O’Neal, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0210

    Defense Witness Opened Door to Presenting Evidence of Defendant's Bad Character