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  • Bully v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-12-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Kenemer, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0882

    Court reverses convictions for sexual assault on probationers but affirms other convictions for rape and assault over defendant's multiple challenges

  • St. Francis Health, LLC v. Weng

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Martin, James Brooks, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Lauren Dimitri, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derrell Dowdell, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee. Eric Frisch, Jasper Abbott, (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, Roger Harris, (SWIFT, CURRIE Mcghee & HIERS, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2082

    Trial Court Improperly Allowed Medical Malpractice Plaintiff to Amend Complaint to Add St. Francis Health as a New Defendant; Claims Are Barred by Statute of Limitations

  • Mashburn v. Mashburn

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Robinson, (Wolford & Robinson), Chattanooga, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rickie Brown, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, Julia Hill, (The Law Office of Rick Brown), Dalton, for appellee. Joel Thames, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A1616

    Trial Court Must Consider Recent Evidence Relevant to Questions of Mother's Visitation and Parenting Plan

  • Moreno v. Carniceria, Loa #2

    Publication Date: 2019-09-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, Ibrahim Awad, (The Awad Law Firm, P.C.), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Bledsoe, Brittany Dant, (The Minor Firm), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0882

    Court vacates dismissal of renewal case and remands for determination of whether original complaint was served on defendant

  • Barrett et al. v. Burnette

    Publication Date: 2019-03-25
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leon Hughes, Philip Lorenz, (Morrison & Hughes), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Ruplin, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, William Carson, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1705

    Evidence as to Defendant's Intoxication Was Probative as to Whether He Abandoned His Car in Middle of Roadway

  • State of Georgia v. Ronald Wyttenbach et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-22
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Penny Hannah, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, Lori Cheatham, (Special Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Marietta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Josie Redwine, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee. James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, Josie Redwine, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Catherine Lerow, Marietta, Christine Triebsch, (Christine A. Triebsch, P.C.), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1914

    Superior court had no authority to award physical custody of two minor children or to split their physical and legal custody.

  • Abdullah v. Winslow at Eagle's Landing Homeowners Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-19
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Askia Abdullah, McDonough, appellant.
    for defendant: Wesley Dunlap, Ashley Thompson, (Dunlap Gardiner LLP), Hiram, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A2121

    Court Reverses Trial Court Order Granting Summary Judgment to Homeowners' Association That Fined Resident for Unauthorized Flower Bed in Absence of Contractual Basis for Assessing Fines

  • Lonon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Deal, (Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, Richard Mallard, (District Attorney), Statesboro, Keith McIntyre, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1436

    Evidence Supported Jury Finding That Dog's Death Resulted From Arson, Not Malnutrition

  • In The Interest of E. M.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Quarles, (Attorney At Law), Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law Pc), Cohutta, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Elaine Campbell, Cohutta, Joshua Smith (Attorney At Law), Dalton, for Other party.
    Case Number: A18A1162

    Parental rights of child's biological father terminated

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2017-09-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta; Nora Benavidez (Law Office of Nora Benavidez), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Kegley (Assistant District Attorney), Douglasville; Brian Fortner (Douglas County District Attorney), Douglasville; Sean Garrett (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1252

    The trial court erred in refusing to give defendant's requested jury charge on the lesser included offense of vehicular homicide in the second degree in his trial for vehicular homicide in the first degree so the Court reversed his conviction and remanded for a new trial.