Cedra Mayfield

June 28, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We didn't just start with liability and end with damages," said plaintiff counsel Zachary R. Sprouse and Brent Savage Jr. of Savage, Turner, Pinckney, Savage & Sprouse in Savannah. "We tried to weave in witnesses who could talk about damages each day."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"They expect their rights to be fully restored at the end that temporary custody and dependency case," said appellant attorney David B. Hume of Hume, Jaacks & Associates. "That includes the right to direct the religious upbringing of their children and the right to object to vaccinating their children."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

June 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The federal complaint alleges the Grantville defendants engaged in "targeted and pervasive racial discrimination," allowed "a convicted felon...to impersonate a police officer and "issued police officers AR-15 semi-automatic rifles without providing or requiring appropriate training and certification on such weapons."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

June 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It's either judicial immunity or it's official immunity," argued appellant attorney Craig T. Jones of Washington, Georgia. "There's no 'quasi-in-between' that gives non-judicial functions absolute immunity."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I'm going to miss many parts of my work here, but what I'll miss most of all is my colleagues and my friends on this court," said Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice David Nahmias.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The court determined that there was 'no reasonable probability' of harm, invoking the standard typically applicable to nonconstitutional errors, rather than applying the 'beyond a reasonable doubt' standard that applies to most constitutional errors, including errors arising from juror misconduct," read the Supreme Court of Georgia decision.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Voters have elected Cobb County Magistrate Judge Sonja N. Brown and Southern Judicial Circuit Senior Assistant District Attorney Catherine Mims Smith to superior court judgeships during the runoff election.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

June 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The court concludes that neither a public apology nor a censure is an appropriate sanction and orders that Judge Norris receive a public reprimand, which shall be imposed on him in person in open court by a judge designated by this court," read the high court ruling.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

June 22, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The major focus will be on enhancing and augmenting Continuing Legal Education offerings to provide cost-effective, relevant and easily accessible programming, regardless of geographical location, size of firm or practice area," said Sally Akins, 60th State Bar of Georgia president.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

June 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"My faith drives me and tells me that I should help mankind and that I should do good for others, and that I should do it all for God's glory," said Chris Glover, partner at Beasley Allen Law Firm in Atlanta. "This is a tool I use to do that."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read