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  • Bazan v. Bazan

    Publication Date: 2018-09-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mr. William Mills, (William B. Mill, P.C.), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mr. Rickie Brown, (ATTORNEY AT LAW) Dalton, Ms Julia Hill, (The Law Office of Rick Brown), Dalton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1476

    No abuse of discretion where court closed evidence before pro se litigant called witnesses

  • Altamaha Riverkeeper, Inc. v. Rayonier Performance Fibers, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-11
    Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources | Environmental Law
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Brown, Megan Huynh (Southern Environmental Law Center), Atlanta; Donald Stack (Stack & Associates PC), Atlanta; Keri Powell (Law Office of Keri N Powell LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Barmeyer, Randall Butterfield, Stephen McCullers (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta; James Durham (Hall Booth Smith P.C.), Brunswick; Isaac Byrd (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta; Christopher Carr (Attorney General), James Coots (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Graham Barron (GA Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Georgia Industry Environmental Coalition Inc, Atlanta; Douglas Henderson (Troutman Sanders), Atlanta; Georgia Riverkeepers, Decatur; Charles Cork (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A18A0594

    Environmental Protection Division's Interpretation of Narrative Standard in Regulation Governing Pollution Discharge Into Rivers Was Entitled to Deference

  • Moore v. Moore

    Publication Date: 2018-07-06
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Strickland, Priya Patel (Smith Welch Webb & White LLC), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heather Moore, Brooks, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0137

    The Court partially affirmed and partially vacated the trial court's order modifying child custody and child support following parties' divorce, finding that the trial court did not err in granting mother sole custody of the child but did err in failing to incorporate a parenting plan in the final custody order and failing to attach the child support worksheets to the final order.

  • Propes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter (District Attorney), Lawrenceville; Ramona Sakhanokho (Assistant District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0549

    The Court reversed defendant's conviction for violating O.C.G.A. § 16 5 60 (c), which prohibits certain conduct by HIV-infected persons, holding that State failed to show that defendant was determined to be infected with HIV by an HIV test approved for such purposes by the regulations of the Department of Community Health as required under § 16-5-60.

  • SecureAlert, Inc. et al. v. Boggs et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick Flynn (Attorney at Law), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Durham (Lee Durham LLC), Albany; Rosser Malone (Malone Law Office), Atlanta; Sidney Moore (The Moore Law Firm P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Kovarious Price, Garden City; Demetrious Price, Reidsville; Grace Chapman, Albany; Richard Parker, Peachtree City; Erwin Warren, Albany; Sonya Bryant, Albany; George Donaldson, Misty Haskins (Perry & Walters LLP), Albany, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0045

    The trial court erred in denying electronic pretrial release and monitoring service providers' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' wrongful death and personal injury action arising after two men whom providers were responsible for monitoring via ankle bracelets allegedly shot and killed another man, because O.C.G.A. § 17-6-1.1 (i) shielded providers from civil liability.