Alex Anteau

May 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Richard Merritt was a personal injury attorney in Cobb County before complaints that he was stealing from his clients surfaced several years ago.

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

May 17, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"He volunteered that information," Plaintiff attorney Robert "Bart" Turner said. "He thought that, by volunteering and saying [the incorrect placement of the device] didn't cause her any harm, he would mitigate his problem."

By Alex Anteau

4 minute read

May 12, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"There was no way that a jury was going to be able to conclude that this salsa was the cause," said defense attorney Martin Levinson.

By Alex Anteau

5 minute read

May 11, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Case law that the trial court cited concerned disputes of monetary value, as opposed to "the significant ramifications of forcing a person into parenthood with a woman to whom he was not married," said a lawyer in the case.

By Alex Anteau

4 minute read

May 10, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I wish it was an oversimplification, but literally the state's position is, if you have a vial of concentrated delta-8 and you put it on a sandwich, that sandwich is now a controlled substance," plaintiff-appellant lawyer Tom Church said.

By Alex Anteau

4 minute read

May 09, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The state Court of Appeals will hear six oral arguments this week. Here's a look at some of the most noteworthy ones.

By Alex Anteau

6 minute read

May 04, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"By conflating these two definitions of destroy and dismantle, Georgia Power effectively eliminated the dismantle option from the statute," intervenor-appellant attorney Curtis Romig argued.

By Alex Anteau

4 minute read

May 03, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"You're asking us to do something for the first time ever," Judge John "Trea" Pipkin said "Yes, but it's the right outcome," defendant-appellant attorney Austin Atkinson replied.

By Alex Anteau

4 minute read

May 02, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"The city's put in a position, often as governments are, of being damned if you do, and damned if you don't," Chief Judge Brian Rickman said. "If you don't address this, the community's outraged. If you do address it, the business is. It is a textbook example of a horrible situation."

By Alex Anteau

4 minute read

May 01, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Justice Charles Bethel described his proposal as a "blue sky" idea of what just one future model for what state superior court funding in Georgia might one day look like.

By Alex Anteau

7 minute read