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  • Stevens et al. v. Bluff Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2025-01-23
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Poppell, (Attorney at Law), Darien, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hugh McCullough, (Attorney at Law), Glennville, David Walker, (Athens Regional Conflict Defender Office), Athens, Dylan Mulligan, (Law Office of Hugh J. McCullough, P.C.), Glennville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1342

    Court Affirms Mandamus Order Requiring County to Repair Public Road

  • Asekere v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Harper, Allen Lightcap, (Mayer & Harper, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Mosley, (District Attorney), Jonesboro, Kelsey Smith, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Craig Runyon, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0773

    Court affirms denial of immunity from criminal prosecution for a coach whose actions led to the death of a student following a conditioning session held in high heat

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Malone, (Appellate Division, Georgia Pubic Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacey Jackson, Frederick Lewis, Veronica Hansis, (Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0367

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of error, but vacates defendant's sentence and remands for resentencing

  • Ivey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-04-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Ivey, (Carroll County Correctional Institution), Carrolton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuttle Barksdale, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attornye’s Office), Eatonton, Sydney Segers, (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attornye’s Office), Milledgeville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1214

    Trial Court Should Have Asked Pro Se Defendant If He Wanted To Enter Plea Under First Offender Act

  • Brooks v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Muhammad, (Law Office of Kenneth W Muhammad), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1110

    Court affirms convictions for rape and other crimes over pro so defendant's multiple contentions of error and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Parrish et al. v. St. Joseph'S/Candler Health System, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah Adle, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Stephen Lowry, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Dekle, B. Smith, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter, LLP), Savannah, Daniel Huff, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Wilkes, Irving Drought, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0484

    Motion to Vacate Consent Order Founded on Prior Attorney's Legal Mistake Properly Denied

  • Cotton v. Prodigies Child Care Management, LLC, d/b/a University Childcare Center

    Publication Date: 2022-03-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Recruitment and Staffing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Autry, Blaine Norris, (Blaine A. Norris, PC d/b/a Norris Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: M. Heath, Matthew Moseley, (Cowsert & Avery, LLP), Athens, Matthew Moffett, John Schultz, (Gray Rust St. Amand Moffett Brieske LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1457

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in an employer's favor in a personal injury case, finding evidence of possible special circumstances for vicarious liability

  • Connell et al. v. Hamon, As Surviving Child of James Isaac Dickens, Jr., Deceased

    Publication Date: 2021-11-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Howell, (Attorney at Law), Moultrie, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0925

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion on the pleadings in a wrongful death case where plaintiff had no standing to bring a wrongful death claim

  • Union Carbide Corporation v. Brannan et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Payne, William Massey, Philip Sandick, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Buck, (Buck Law Firm), Peachtree Corners, Brian Kinsley, Greensboro, for Appellee
    Case Number: A21A0143

    Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss personal injury claims of a decedent's estate where prior pending claims doctrine did not bar the refiling

  • Zerbarini v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, Daniel Hiatt, (Griffin Circuit District Attorney's Office Fayette County Justice Center, One Center Drive), Fayetteville, Benjamin Coker, (District Attorney), Thomaston, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney's Office), Griffin, Robert Smith, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1711

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated child molestation and related crimes over defendant's claims of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel