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  • Omstead v. BPG Inspection, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Darren Summerville, Kristopher Robert Alderman, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Lance D. Lourie, Stephen Roberts Chance, Andrew John King, (Lourie Chance Forlines Carter & King, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leah Ward Sears, Edward Davison Burch, Jr., Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Charles Samuel Conerly, (Smith Conerly, LLP), Carrollton, for appellee; Meagan Myers Hanson, (Georgians For Lawsuit Reform), Atlanta, Atlanta,, Kevin Bradford Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee; Madeleine Norine Simmons, (Stewart Miller Simmons), Atlanta, Madeline Elizabeth McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Caleb Frank Walker, (The McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G0771

    Court affirms enforceability of one-year contractual limitation for filing tort and contract suits against a contractor, holding that the limitation is not void as against public policy

  • Harper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin David Goldberg, (The Law Office of Ben Goldberg, LLC), Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0810

    Court affirms felony murder convictions over defendant's claims of due process violations, and contentions of error regarding references to his statements and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Gates v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Foster Kramer, (Kramer & Pine), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stuart H. Hunter Patray, Daphne Jarriel Totten, Keith A. McIntyre, (Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Statesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1158

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of his medical records that were seized pursuant to an ex parte court order, stating that the seizure was a privacy violation

  • McElrath v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-05
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Herman Maddox Kilgore, Carlos Javier Rodriguez, (Kilgore & Rodriguez, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., Stephanie Adrean Green, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0605

    State May Seek Retrial of Defendant On Count For Which Jury Returned Repugnant Verdict

  • Reed v. State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-04
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Aslean Zachary Eaglin, Juliana Sleeper, Karen S. Bemis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A0530

    Defendant Failed to Show Prejudice Resulting From His Absence From Numerous Bench Conferences During Tria

  • Gardei v. Conway et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Allen Yurachek, (Yurachek & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Monroe Mitchell, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, Tuwanda Rush Williams, Murray Joseph Weed, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Elizabeth McRary Crowder, Tina Michelle Piper, Christopher M. Carr, Andrew Alan Pinson Drew F. Waldbeser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S21G0430

    Causes of Action in Petition Seeking Determination as to Sex Offender's Future Registration Requirements Had Not Yet Accrued

  • Polo Golf and Country Club Homeowners Association, Inc. v. John Cunard et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John T. Lueder, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Edward Jarrard, Joseph Paul Mitchell, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1205

    County Had Authority to Require Homeowners Association to Maintain Drainage Easements and Stormwater Facilities

  • The State v. Pauldo

    Publication Date: 2020-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Cheryl Banks Hightower, Louie Craig Fraser, Robert Brandon Faircloth, (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicole Fegan, (Fegan Law, LLC), Atlanta, Ryan Christopher Locke, (Locke Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0191

    Court Reverses Granting of Defendant's Motion in Limine to Exclude Portions of Custodial Interview With Police; Defendant Waived His Rights Before Further Interrogation Began