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  • Fraga v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0548

    Court affirms most convictions for family violence and cruelty over defendant's challenge to evidence and assertions of error, but reverses on conviction due to insufficient evidence

  • In the Interest of R. E. Z. B., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-08
    Practice Area: Family Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebeca Salmon, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cathy Lerow, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1775

    Court affirms finding of dependency and an award of custody, but remands the case for specific findings on a child's special immigrant juvenile status

  • Hartwell Railroad Company et al. v. Hartwell First United Methodist Church, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hall, Mark Toth, (Hall, Bloch, Garland, And Meyer), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Gordon, Kimberly Higginbotham, (The Gordon Law Firm, Attorneys at Law, LLC), Hartwell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1021

    Language of Deeds in Chain of Title Showed Property Owner Acquired Fee Simple Title to Land Under Railroad Spur Track

  • In the Interest of B. R., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-08-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, Jerry Thacker, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Douglas Pack, (Pearl & Associates), Chamblee, Bidisha Idnani, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0194

    Court vacates two juvenile court orders on dependency and remands for specific findings on parental unfitness and clarification of what had been continued

  • Sadler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon Rhoades, (Attorney at Law), Lagrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Connor Dooley, (Troup County District Attorney’s Office), Lagrange, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0750

    Court vacates restitution order and remands for a new hearing on the fair market value of a vehicle before the defendant damaged it, and evidence of cost of repairs

  • Lipman et al. v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2023-03-10
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Conley, Robert Ingram, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner LLP), Atlanta, Scott Grubman, (Chilivis Grubman Dalbey & Warner LLP), Atlanta, Brittany Cambre, (Chilivis, Grubman, Dalbey & Warner LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Sara Vann, (Office of the Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit), Atlanta, Jessica Hall, (Georgia Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Mary Bryan, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1659

    Violations of Federal Anti-Kickback Statute Can Support Liability Under Georgia's False Medicaid Claims Act

  • In the Interest of K. L., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Shaw, (Shaw Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andy Pham, (Pham Law Office, LLC), Newnan, Homer Jordan, (Law Office of Homer P. Jordan IV), Kennesaw, for appellee; Doris Orleck, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1233

    Court affirms order denying an aunt and uncle's petition for custody of a child because they lacked standing to be adjudicated as equitable caregivers

  • Stapleton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Donaldson, (Perry & Walters, LLP), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1789

    Creating Hit List and List of Supplies to Commit Murders, and Bringing Gun to School, Supported Crime of Attempted Murder

  • Dekalb County v. Stanley

    Publication Date: 2021-10-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shelley Momo, Laura Johnson, John Jones, Noah Priest-Goodsett, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robin Clark, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0820

    Court reverses denial of County's summary judgment motion on plaintiff's Disabilities Act claim and affirms dismissal of negligence claim due to sovereign immunity

  • In the Interest of B. B.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Mulholland, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, Robert Richardson, (Public Defenders Standards Council), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ernie Sheffield, (Private Attorney), Colquitt, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0480

    State May File Direct Appeal From Juvenile Court Order Denying Its Motion to Transfer to Superior Court