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  • In Re Ragas

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Morgan, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erik Pirozzi, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0237

    Court reverses order of criminal attempt that had been issued against an attorney due to insufficient evidence to show violation of any order directed at the attorney

  • G & E Construction, LLC v. Rubicon Construction, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-12
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Penland, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Dorothy Primm, (Attorney at Law), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Jones, William Hart, (Busch Reed Jones & Leeper PC), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1381

    Company's Founder Is Not Personally Liable Under OCGA §14-2-204 for Debt of Construction Company That Was Administratively Dissolved

  • Haynes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Samuel D'Entremont, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Gwinnett Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1347

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Removing Defendant From Courtroom, Given Defendant's Repetitive Arguing and Refusal to Answer Judge's Questions

  • Stevens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Phillips, (Walton County Public Defender's Office), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, Randal McGinley, (Newton County District Attorney's Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1554

    Trial Court Did Not Coerce Verdict By Urging Jury to Continue Deliberating

  • Emory University et al. v. Willcox

    Publication Date: 2020-07-23
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Ladner, Robert Stannard, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, John Fitzpatrick, Lamar Jost, (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, LLP), Denver, Michael Bailey, Erica Jansen, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Graddock, Keenan Nix, (Morgan & Morgan, PA), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, Maxwell Thelen, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0665

    Trial Court in Wrongful Death Case Did Not Abuse Its Discretion in Allowing Opinion Evidence Based on Incomplete Medical Records

  • Lucas v. Charles Schwab & Company Inc. Ira Account No. XXXX-2410 et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Panos Constantinides, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keisha Coleman, (McGuirewoods LLP), Bainbridge, Jeremy Moulton, (The Moulton Firm), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1991

    Court affirms verdict that a decedent's ex-wife was the primary beneficiary of his IRA on the basis of his ratification of his agent's actions.

  • Reder v. Dodds et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca McLaws, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Bloom, (Richardson Bloom & Lines LLC), Atlanta, Allen Harris, (Harris Divorce & Family Law), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1668

    Court affirms custody award in favor of grandmother and denies adoptive father's challenge to that award and to an order requiring him to pay fees

  • Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Casey, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Brantley Rowlen, Victoria Waller, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other party. Brittany Wilson, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), San Francisco, Andrew Trask, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Los Angeles, Mark Behrens, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1503

    Former Employee, Who Was Not Acting Under Color of Employment When He Committed Criminal Acts, Proximately Caused Plaintiff's Injuries

  • Courtland Properties I, LLC et al. v. Collins

    Publication Date: 2019-11-27
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, Sara Brochstein, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yinka Omole, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1437

    Summary Judgment Could Not Properly Be Granted to Defendant on Basis of Real-Party-In-Interest Objection

  • Blackwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lazanea Holley, (Law Office of LaZanea M. Holley, LLC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Allen, (Assistant District Attorney Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton, David Parrish, Marietta, John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0758

    Court reverses armed robbery and assault conviction due to improper admission of prior armed robbery arrest.