• Smith v. Brooks et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marc Aragon, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Richard Howe, (Howe & Associates), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Joffe, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christina Gualtieri, (Goodman McGuffey), Atlanta, Joseph Cruser, (Cruser & Mitchell, L.L.P.), Norcross, Raymond Grant, (Cruiser & Mitchell), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1661

    Court reverses dismissal of personal injury case, concluding that trial court applied the wrong standard in determining that statute of limitations had expired

  • Davis et al. v. Rockdale Art Farm, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William White, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeremy Moulton, (The Moulton Firm), Conyers, Odis Williams, (The Law Office of Odis Williams, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2199

    Property Owners Lacked Standing to Challenge Grant of Special Use Permit For "Art Farm" on Nearby Property

  • Wilson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Cribbs, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2174

    Prior Evidence of Child Molestation Not Inadmissible Merely Because Defendant's Age at Time of Offense Was Uncertain

  • Bryant v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, (District Attorney), Savannah, Jennifer Parker, (Assistant District Attorney), Port Wentworth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2427

    Court affirmed rape and other conviction over defendant's arguments on insufficiency of evidence and trial court error.

  • Carmichael v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Mills, (William B. Mill, P.C.), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, Rachael Stein, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1268

    Counsel Not Ineffective For Withdrawing Motion to Bifurcate and For Failing to Object to Untimely Notice of Rule 404 Evidence

  • Hernandez et al. v. Schumacher Group Healthcare Consulting, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Bailey Sabulis, Lindsey Costakos, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Kevin Spainhour, (Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Donald Lee, (Drew Eckl Farnham, LLP), Albany, Gregory Sewell, (Bouhan Falligant LLP), Savannah, Darrell Thaw, (Boyd & Jenerette PA), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1535

    Healthcare Consulting Firm Cannot Be Held Vicariously Liable for Doctor's Negligence

  • All Star, Inc. v. Alford et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-11
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louis Levenson, George Lott, (Louis Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Brooke Heinz, (Georgia Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1011

    Mandamus Is Not the Proper Remedy Where Trial Court Ruled on License Revocation After the Expiration Period

  • Reyes-Castro v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Sparger, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Emily Puhala, (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0797

    Court affirms rape and kidnapping convictions over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

  • Easley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Chen, (Steven C. Chen PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, Thomas Williams, (Assistant District Attorney), Lawrenceville, Daniel Porter, Lee Tittsworth, (Gwinnett Circuit District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0903

    Defendant Was Not Prejudiced By Prosecution's Untimely Delivery of Recording of Witness's Custodial Interview With Police

  • Cordova v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beau Worthington, (Coxen & Worthington LLC), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney's Office), Conyers, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1152

    Statements to Police Are Not Rendered Inadmissible Merely Because the Perpetrator Was Intoxicated at the Time