Cedra Mayfield

November 02, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We could tell from the jury's expressions during the expert testimony that they understood why Mr. Heath's injuries were caused by the crash," said plaintiff attorney Seth Diamond of Morgan & Morgan.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

November 01, 2022 | Law.com

"A judicial spouse could earn untold sums, via legal or consulting work, from entities that have cases before their husband or wife, and the public would be none the wiser, so long as the entities paid their employer and not the spouse directly," read a statement by Fix The Court, a New York-based advocacy group.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

October 31, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"By clearly defining 'net settlement' and allowing for payments made after the minor reaches majority to reduce the gross settlement amount, insurers can be more creative in how they structure settlements with minors to ensure a more efficient court approval process without the parent or guardian having to be appointed as a conservator," said attorney Gillian Crowl of Swift Curie in Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 31, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Maintaining an employment relationship with a party is among the connections that courts have repeatedly found threatens the perceived impartiality of the judiciary," the plaintiff motion for reconsideration read.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

October 28, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"To the extent plaintiffs decide to pursue their underlying claims on a non-class basis, we believe those claims lack merit and that our clients ultimately will prevail," said Atlanta attorney Douglas M. Hance of Morris, Manning & Martin, who helped handle the defense of the Atlanta Beltline Inc. and The Atlanta Development Authority doing business as Invest Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

October 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Nothing in this language excludes from that broad approval a person who secretly 'intends' to turn around and sell the policy to someone without an insurable interest," read the Supreme Court of Georgia opinion drafted by Justice Andrew Pinson.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

October 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Suicide is ... one of the greatest causes of maternal mortality in the world," testified Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody, chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "The idea that we're going to exclude psychiatric illness, which is a medical illness, to me is just an enormous injustice and will result in women dying."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

October 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"In all the times I've interacted with him, he's never given me any other side of other than being a person of character and integrity," testified former United Community Bank president Barry "Butch" Emerson on suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer's behalf.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The pass rate of 65.2% for the July 2022 exam is slightly higher than the 64.4% of applicants who passed the remote exam in July 2021.

By Cedra Mayfield

1 minute read

October 21, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I had to sell all my stocks," testified James Filhart, a former client of suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer. "I lost a bunch of money."

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read