Filter This View

  • Northside Hospital, Inc. v. Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-10
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rozier, Sanford Moore, Charlotte Combre, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Roger Hatcher, Matthew Smith, (Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A.), Gainesville, Robert Highsmith, (Highsmith V. Highsmith), Baxley, Robert Highsmith, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Armando Basarrate, David Darden, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Cole, (Welchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, Charles Thimmesch, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Stacey Hillock, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1081

    Court remands Certificate of Need decision in a challenge brought by competing health care centers and directs Department of Community Health to apply the proper standard

  • City of Milton v. Chang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Simon, Tyler Bridgers, (The Simon Law Frim PC), Atlanta, Jed Manton, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Atlanta, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0802

    Court affirms $30 million verdict against the City of Milton in fatal accident case, rejecting City's claims of sovereign immunity, and orders pre-judgment interest and nunc pro tunc judgment

  • In the Interest of I. P. et al. (children).

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Gretchen Howard, (Jahn & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Marcea Flowers, Conyers, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, Sylvia Lester, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0162

    Court vacates juvenile court's dependency order due to failure to serve amended petition on the mother of the dependent children

  • Garrison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-06-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jad Johnson, Victor Aloisio, (Office of the Public Defender, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clayton Fuller, John Franklin, (Lookout Mountain Circuit District Attorney’s Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0010

    Court affirms convictions for drug possession and trafficking and rejected defendant's claims of improper exclusion of evidence and ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Statham v. Quang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-05
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Horner, (Middle Georgia Access to Justice Council, Inc.), Atlanta, W. Reynolds, Bradley Survant, (Reynolds, Horne & Survant), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julye Johns, (Huff Powell & Bailey, L.L.C.), Atlanta, David Nelson, Norman Pearson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1419

    Court affirms order that surgeons are not vicariously liable for medical student's errors during surgery, but notes that surgeons may bear direct liability for negligent supervision

  • In the Interest of C. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Bennett, (Bennett Law & Mediation Services LLC), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Cruse, (Law Office of Christine M. Cruse), Warner Robins, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0726

    Court affirms termination of parental rights and denial of new trial in child dependency case, rejecting father's contentions of insufficiency of service and inadequate evidence

  • In the Interest of C. E. Jr., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-03-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Wittich, (The Law Office of Jennifer Wittich), Pooler, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Beckmann, Wendy Furey, (Beckmann & Furey, LLP), Savannah, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Mark Cicero, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Loncon, (C. V. Loncon, PC), Savannah, Evan Miller, Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1237

    Court affirms finding of dependency of a minor child over his mother's objections to evidence and procedures in juvenile court

  • Northside Hospital, Inc. v. Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-25
    Practice Area: Regulation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rozier, Charlotte Combre, Sanford Moore, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Roger Hatcher, Matthew Smith, (Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A.), Gainesville, Robert Highsmith, (Highsmith V. Highsmith), Baxley, Robert Highsmith, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, Dorothy Cornwell, (Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Armando Basarrate, David Darden, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Cole, (Welchel, Dunlap, Jarrard & Walker, LLP), Gainesville, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, Charles Thimmesch, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Stacey Hillock, Daniel Walsh, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1081

    Court reverses one superior court's denial of Certificate of Need for a radiation therapy center and affirms a second court's approval of it

  • PTI Royston, LLC v. Eubanks et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A21A0182

    Georgia's general tort statute of repose bars strict liability claims brought under the Asbestos Claims Act, but defendant may be barred from that defense due to claims of fraud

  • Spirnak v. Meadows

    Publication Date: 2020-07-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn Meadows, Ruskin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0158

    Court affirms denial of claimant's petition to modify a child custody and visitation order but remands for reconsideration of certain payment and fee awards