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  • Strickland et al. v. Geico General Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2021-02-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Edgar, (Attorney at Law), Alma, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Lawrence, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith, Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for appellee. Thomas Burke, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Tifton, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1971

    Court reverses dismissal of plaintiff's amended renewal complaint in a personal injury action where the amended renewal complaint properly related back to the original.

  • Cannon v. Barnes

    Publication Date: 2020-12-01
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stevan Miller, Lisa Richardson, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Turner, (Savage, Turner, Pinson & Karsman), Savannah, Ashleigh Madison, (Southeast Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1216

    Background Evidence on Pregnant Decedent's State of Mind Before Car Accident Had Relevance to Her Pain and Suffering

  • Doctors Hospital of Augusta, LLC v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-14
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Belinfante, Kimberly Anderson, Daniel Monahan, Carey Miller, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante & Littlefield), Atlanta, Stephen Ecenia, (Rutledge Ecenia, P. A.), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roxana Tatman, Jeffrey Stump, Monica Sullivan, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Robert Threlkeld, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0567

    Court affirms award of Certificate of Need for a new hospital to one health care provider and rejects competitor's challenge to the award of that Certificate

  • Hunter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-07-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Leslie, (The Leslie Group, LLC), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Tristan Gillespie, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0491

    Court affirms conviction for conspiracy to purchase marijuana over contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • K/C Ice, LLC et al. v. Connell

    Publication Date: 2019-11-08
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Zachary Cowart, (Cowart & Perry, LLP), Valdosta, Leland Kynes, (Kynes Law, LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Monroe, (N. Matthew Monroe PC), Valdosta, William Langdale, (Langdale & Vallotton LLP), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1615

    Genuine Issue of Material Fact as to Whether Co-Obligor Under Guaranty Agreement Received Unequal Benefit

  • In the Interest of A. L. S., a child

    Publication Date: 2019-08-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carol Walker, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, David Webster, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Cummings, Michael H. Cummings II, LLC), Clayton, Karen Brouse, (Brouse Law), Blue Ridge, for appellee. Kellie Rogers, (Kellie E Rogers PC), Gainesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0282

    Court vacates juvenile court's dismissal of a dependency action

  • In The Interest of A. M. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Jennifer Cline, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Daniel Thomas, (Daniel C. Thomas PC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derwin Davis, (Davis Law, LLC), Conyers, for appellee. DeVona Roseberry, (Roseberry Law, LLC), Conyers, Alcovy Casa, (C/O Lindsay Tyner), Covington, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0240

    Court vacates juvenile court reunification order for reconsideration in accordance with applicable statute

  • Doctors Hospital of Augusta, LLC v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-04
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Belinfante, Kimberly Anderson, Daniel Monahan, Carey Miller, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Ecenia, (Rutledge Ecenia, P. A.), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roxana Tatman, (Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Jeffrey Stump, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Monica Sullivan, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Threlkeld, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0567

    Court Affirms Agency Award of Certificate of Need to Build Hospital Over Objection by Competing Bidder That Award Ignored Statutory Requirements

  • In the Interest of E. S. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: V. Billingsley, (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Andrea Moldovan, (Andrea R. Moldovan P.C.), Douglasville, for appellee. Keisha Hill, (Wright Hill & Associates LLC), Amber Walden, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1936

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Finding of Venue and Approves of State Taking Ten Children from Homeless Mother on Basis of Dependency

  • Curry v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Anderson, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1178

    Court Rejects Challenge to Trial Court's Failure to Instruct Jury that Statements Obtained in Violation of Miranda Were Admitted Only for Impeachment