Cedra Mayfield
Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield
February 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online
'Know When to Fold 'Em': Lawyers Reach $3.49M Premises Liability Settlement During Trial"As Kenny Rogers sang in 'The Gambler,' 'You got to know when to hold 'em, Know when to fold 'em,'" said defense counsel Bill Mitchell of Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet.
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
February 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Reversed on Appeal: Supervising Physicians Not Vicariously Liable for Physician Assistants' Conduct"The language of the [Physician Assistant Act] does not expressly impose vicarious liability on supervising physicians for the negligent acts of their [physician assistants]," the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled. "The General Assembly knows how to impose liability by statute when it chooses to, and we will not read into the PAA language that the General Assembly did not include."
By Cedra Mayfield
8 minute read
February 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Judicial Misconduct Proceeding Deadlines Set For Investigated JudgeMiddle Georgia Judicial Circuit Superior Court Chief Judge Robert S. Reeves must submit witness lists, evidence and charge-dispositive motions over the coming months in connection with a 58-count judicial misconduct investigation.
By Cedra Mayfield
4 minute read
February 24, 2023 | Daily Report Online
New Judge Alert: This Georgia Lawyer Just Stepped Up to a State Court Judgeship"I've worked my entire legal career in public service to the Athens community as a public defender, prosecutor and judge," Judge Ryan S. Hope said.
By Cedra Mayfield
3 minute read
February 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online
'You Could See It in Their Eyes': Fulton Jurors Return $1.9M Premises Liability Verdict"They elected not to put any fault on the assailant," said plaintiff counsel Michael J. Smith of Sinton Scott Minock Kerew in Atlanta. "That was probably the most shocking thing that happened."
By Cedra Mayfield
5 minute read
February 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online
6 New Georgia Judges: Kemp Makes Appointments to State, Superior Court BenchesGov. Brian Kemp has appointed two judges and four lawyers to fill vacancies on the state courts of Carroll, Clarke and Coffee counties and superior courts of the Lookout Mountain and South Georgia judicial circuits.
By Cedra Mayfield
7 minute read
February 22, 2023 | Daily Report Online
In Photos: These 19 Jurists Are Vying to Become Georgia's Next Court of Appeals JudgeThe Judicial Nominating Commission of Georgia has offered interviews to 19 judicial candidates interested in filling a vacancy on the Georgia Court of Appeals.
By Cedra Mayfield
1 minute read
February 22, 2023 | Daily Report Online
'Coomer Must Not Be Sanctioned': Judge's Defense Counsel Files Exception, Seeks High Court Oral Argument"None of the conduct actually proven was prejudicial to the administration of justice," Coomer's defense counsel argued. "Failure to establish this element means that Judge Coomer must not be sanctioned."
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
February 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online
Ethics Hearing Date Announced for Georgia JudgeThe Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Hearing Panel has scheduled an hourlong oral argument in the judicial misconduct probe for 9 a.m. on March 17, 2023.
By Cedra Mayfield
3 minute read
February 17, 2023 | Daily Report Online
A Novel Use of the ADA? Lawyers Revise Strategy After Disabled Man's Death"DeKalb County has known for years that it is putting officers and citizens at risk by failing to provide proper training and support for custodial arrests of persons in mental crisis," said plaintiff attorney Leighton Moore. "This lawsuit will hold the county responsible for its obligations, and hopefully make change."
By Cedra Mayfield
6 minute read
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