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  • In the Interest of K. P., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-09-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Whitney Kenner Jones, (Kenner Jones Law LLC), Douglasville, for appellee; Valerie Gordon, (Douglas County Juvenile Court - Juvenile Public), Douglasville, Ann Mathis, Douglasville, Randy Duke, Douglasville.
    Case Number: A22A0921

    Court reverses finding of mootness that was used to justify denial of a motion to vacate a protective order and remands for consideration of the merits of the motion

  • Bowman v. Rouse

    Publication Date: 2022-06-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacquelyn Luther, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara Evans, (Bre Law, LLC), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0380

    Court affirms modification of child support and parenting order, but vacates arrearages calculation and remands for further consideration,.

  • Fuller v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1481

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and other offenses over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of error and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • The State v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, Patricia Brooks, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0952

    Trial Counsel Should Have Objected to Prosecution's Derivative Use at Trial of Defendant's Earlier Compelled Statements to Employer

  • LG Chem, Ltd. v. Lemmerman

    Publication Date: 2021-10-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Charles Reed, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dylan Hooper, (Morgan & Morgan), Atlanta, Harris Yegelwel, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PPLC), Savannah, Thomas Seider, Celene Humphries, (Brannock Humphries & Berman), Tampa, for appellee; Homer Phillips, (The Phillips Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1029

    Court affirms denial of out-of-state defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, finding that defendant had sufficient contacts with the State

  • Ob-Gyn Associates, P. A. et al v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-02
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather McGrotty, Paul Weathington, David Hanson, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph King, (Joseph H. King, Jr. P.C.), Atlanta, Kenneth Leivne, (Kenneth M. Levine & Associates, LLC), Brookline, for appellee. Sarah Adle, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, Lyle Warshauer, (Warshauer Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, Allison Thornton, (Georgia Trial Lawyers Association), Atlanta, for other party. Donald Palmisano, (Medical Association of Georgia), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A20A1447

    Gross Negligence Standard of Care Applied to Medical Emergency That Arose During Childbirth in Hospital Obstetrical Unit

  • Wanna v. Navicent Health, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-19
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Walker, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, Anthony Cochran, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Emily Ward, (Chilivis Cochran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Wood, Jared Miller, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Robert Brennan, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Julia Magda, (Magda Law, LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1378

    Court affirms, reverses, and vacates aspects of summary judgment orders in a lengthy dispute between a physician and a former employer

  • Hardeman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keegan Gary, Hunter Rodgers, (Paulding Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, (District Attorney), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1434

    Appellant Failed to Show He Suffered Prejudice From 16-Year-Delay in Resolving Criminal Appeal

  • In the Interest of C.M., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brittany Smith, (Appalachian Circuit Public Defender's Office), Ellijay, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara Sosebee, (District Attorney) Blue Ridge, Meredith Gardial, (Appalachian Judicial Circuit), Ellijay, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0878

    Court affirms order transferring case from juvenile court to superior court for proceedings on trespass, burglary, and other criminal charges

  • Southern States Chemical, Inc. et al. v. Tampa Tank & Welding, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Coomer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Barr, Jeffrey Lewis, Andrew Stevens, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Edwin King, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, George Carley, (Carley, Gregory & Gregory), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cecily McLeod, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Kimberly Sheridan, (Gordon & Rees, LLP), Atlanta, Mike Crawford, Bradley Wolff, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Mark Johnson, (Gilbert, Harrell, Sumerford & Martin, P. C.), Brunswick, Mark Middleton, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A0960

    Court denies plaintiff's breach of contract claims because they were barred by the statute of repose