Cedra Mayfield

May 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"You will not receive a legitimate call from the Supreme Court of Georgia, requesting any kind of transfer of funds," read an update posted to the Supreme Court of Georgia website.

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

May 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Scroll and click to see what successful and unsuccessful candidates in Georgia's 15 contested supreme and superior court races are saying following the conclusion of the May 24 nonpartisan primary election.

By Cedra Mayfield

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May 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Securing 59.14% of the vote, Cedartown lawyer Andrew B. Roper has unseated incumbent Judge Meng Lim for his Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit seat on the superior court bench.

By Cedra Mayfield

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May 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Pursuant to the [Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act], the mother had the burden of establishing that the U.K. family court did not have jurisdiction when it entered the 2019 CAO," the Georgia Court of Appeals decision read. "The mother has failed to carry her burden of showing that the U.K. family court 'did not have jurisdiction under Part 2 of [the UCCJEA].'"

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

May 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"If you sent Bar staff an email between April 28 and May 11, we were not able to receive it," read an update by the State Bar of Georgia. "Email is up and flowing now. Please resend your correspondence so that we may assist you."

By Cedra Mayfield

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May 23, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Plaintiff continues to suffer mental anguish and emotional distress from the embarrassment and humiliation she suffers as she constantly remembers being beaten in public by defendant Zhane in front of her then 5-year old grandson," the complaint alleged.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

May 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The pertinent legal question on appeal is whether Blau's Open Records Act claim was entirely foreclosed by the Secrecy Act at the pleadings stage of the litigation," read the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion. "We conclude that it was not."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

May 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The entire trial court record contains no prima facie evidence from which the trial court can find by clear and convincing evidence to establish standing for the Stapletons to proceed as equitable caregivers," argued appellant attorney Beverly L. Cohen of Roswell.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

May 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"A new trial is required because Miss Harris' jurors broke the rules," argued appellant attorney Angie Coggins of the Allen Law Firm in Warner Robins. "They researched and shared and discussed extraneous, extrajudicial, prejudicial information."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

May 18, 2022 | Connecticut Law Tribune

"As a result of their delays in diagnosing her sepsis, she unfortunately lost both of her hands," said plaintiffs attorney Jeff Wisner of Koskof Koskoff & Bieder in Bridgeport. "Her left leg was amputated below the knee and then her right foot was amputated at the level of the metatarsals."

By Cedra Mayfield

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