Cedra Mayfield

June 06, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"[The plaintiff] chose to bring a claim based solely on premises liability, and our premises-liability statute imposes a duty to keep the premises safe only on 'an owner or occupier of land,'" read the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion. "This record contains no evidence from which a jury could find that Georgia Power owned or occupied the premises here."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

June 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Having secured less than 50% plus one vote to win during the May 24 nonpartisan primary election, Cobb County Magistrate Judge Sonja N. Brown will runoff against Canton attorney James K. Luttrell on June 21.

By Cedra Mayfield

12 minute read

June 03, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"Stiegler owed the minor Natasha a duty of care, he breached that duty by constantly and repeatedly sexually abusing, assaulting and exploiting her over a period of years, and Natasha suffered severe and permanent injuries and damages as a result," read the complaint.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

June 02, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Although this has been officially described as a ransomware attack, no monetary demand has been made and no proof of possession of any personally identifiable information or other data has been provided," read a State Bar of Georgia report.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 02, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The JNC has shortlisted Georgia Campaign Finance Commission deputy executive director and general counsel Robert S. Lane, Paulding Circuit public defender Angela O'Conor and Paulding County Juvenile Court Judge Pro Tem Noelani "Lani" Skipper.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

June 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The award to the Douglas Judicial Circuit includes funding for an additional prosecutor and investigator to respond to backlogs of serious violent felony cases," read an update by the Judicial Council of Georgia Ad Hoc Committee on American Rescue Plan Act Funding.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Click through this interactive graphic to learn what considerations attorneys in various legal practice areas have regarding nonfungible tokens commonly called NFTs.

By Cedra Mayfield

1 minute read

May 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The court thus reversed our decision upholding the trial court's ruling," the new Georgia Court of Appeals ruling read.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

May 27, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"Between February 2015 and March 2019, [Mark] Scheinberg and Stone Academy mailed 154 small, direct payments to loan servicers on behalf of 102 students in attempts to prevent those students from defaulting on their loans and being counted in Stone Academy's [cohort default rate]," read a statement by the U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

May 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"If you're doing a medical malpractice case, you have got to know the intricate details of the medical records," said plaintiff attorney Jeffery Arnold of Arnold & Stafford in Hinesville. "You have to know what the records say and what they mean."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read