Cedra Mayfield

August 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The depth and breadth of the justice gap diminishes the public's trust in our legal system," said U.S. Magistrate Judge Catherine M. Salinas of the Northern District of Georgia.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

August 18, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We have 14,000 unindicted felony cases in Fulton County ..., 275 defendants in jail awaiting trial for murder and another 275 awaiting trial for other serious violent felony cases," said Atlanta Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher. "We need more help and we need another judgeship."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 17, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I expect the lawyers to be prepared and to treat each other with courtesy and respect," said Cobb County Superior Court Judge Vic Reynolds. "Counsel should treat the litigants and witnesses with respect as well."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 16, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Appellate courts and judicial circuits looking to take advantage of federal grant money offered through the Biden administration's American Rescue Plan Act can submit applications starting Sept. 15.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

August 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Counsel for Ms. Crawford did an excellent job representing their client," said defense counsel Matt Coles of Coles Barton in Lawrenceville. "We were very surprised by the amount of the verdict."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It has been my honor serving the State of Georgia and Tattnall County," wrote Tattnall County Chief Magistrate Judge James E. Anderson in his resignation letter to Gov. Brian Kemp.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

August 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"They say that, because the case started in superior court, that it is subject to Rule 68," argued appellee attorney David J. Marmins. "They do not cite a case for this. There's no statute, no rule, regulation nor law."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"He had the opportunity to decontaminate Keturah Hall and chose not to do it," argued appellant attorney Thomas "Woody" Gatewood Sampson II. "He can be found liable for negligent performance of that ministerial duty."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"If the trial court's order is allowed to stand, physicians in this state are going to be enormously reluctant to sign up as supervising physicians," argued appellant attorney R. Page Powell Jr.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 09, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It is true that statements containing opinion are not actionable, but the analysis does not simply end there," argued appellant attorney Andrew M. Ruberti. "There's not a wholesale defamation exception for anything that might be labeled 'opinion.'"

By Cedra Mayfield

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