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  • Housing Authority of the City of Augusta v. Gould

    Publication Date: 2019-05-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Aaron Cosper, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, Christopher Randall Jordan, (Hunter Maclean Exley & Dunn), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ira L. Foster, Kenneth Jonathan Jones, Lisa Jane Krisher, Susan Alice Reif, (Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0524

    City Housing Authority Hearing Officer's Decision Was Not Quasi-Judicial Decision Under Georgia Certiorari Law

  • Shane H. Berryhill et al. v. Dale P. Daly et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-12
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Pinckney, (Savage & Turner, PC.), Savannah, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wiley Wasden, Travis Windsor, (Brennan & Wasden, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1089

    Court Reverses Verdict in Favor of Doctor Alleged to Have Overprescribed Heart Medication

  • McKissic v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Appellate Division-GPDC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, Frederick Lewis, Raymond Tillery, (Office of the District Attorney - Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1393

    Court Affirms Conviction of Child Sex Abuser

  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Ihrig, (Public Defenders Office, EJC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Purvis, (Chatham County District Attorney's Office), Savannah; Greg McConnell (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah; Lyndsey Rudder (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1254

    Denial of New Trial Upheld for Convicted Drug Trafficker Despite Erroneous Admission of Impermissible Character Evidence Where Admission Was Harmless

  • Slaughter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerome Slaughter, Oglethorpe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard (District Attorney), Atlanta; Marc Mallon (Senior Assistant District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0163

    Any Conflicting Evidence As To Venue Was Resolved by Jury

  • Sigafoose v. Cobb

    Publication Date: 2018-06-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peggy Brown (Law Offices of Peggy L. Brown, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Adams (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville; William Hill (Chambers Hill & Quinde LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0074

    Record Evidence Supported Transfer of Custody of Child to Father

  • In The Interest Of K. D., et al., Children (Father).

    Publication Date: 2018-03-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Villarreal (Attorney at Law), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Debbie Schindler (SAAG), Newnan, for appellee. Vickey Atkins (Attorney at Law), Rockmart; Robert Brooks (District Attorney), Cedartown, for other party.
    Case Number: A17A1551

    The Court reversed the juvenile court's finding of dependency as to the father, because there was no evidence that any of the children saw or heard the violent exchange between their mother and father and thus no evidence establishing an act of abuse on the part of the father sufficient to warrant a finding of dependency.

  • Taylor v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Reynolds (Darrell B. Reynolds, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracy Lawson (District Attorney), Jonesboro; Elizabeth Rosenwasser (Clayton County District Attorney), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1619

    The evidence supported defendant's convictions for conspiracy to commit burglary, two counts of burglary in the first degree, criminal damage to property in the first degree, battery, two counts of home invasion in the first degree, armed robbery, aggravated assault, aggravated assault with intent to rob, kidnapping, false imprisonment and four counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime.

  • In The Interest of B. D. O., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2017-11-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A17A1241

    There was clear and convincing evidence to support the juvenile court's findings and the Court thus affirmed the termination of father's parental rights to his minor child.

  • Intercontinental Services of Delaware, LLC v. Kent

    Publication Date: 2017-10-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Corporate Entities | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A17A0917

    The trial court erred in denying defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's wrongful death suit for lack of personal jurisdiction, because defendant did not transact any business in Georgia and did not solicit business, or engage in any other persistent course of conduct, in Georgia.