Cedra Mayfield

January 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"We continue to have reported cases of COVID in our circuit from individuals who are symptomatic," said Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Asha F. Jackson. "It is unfortunate that many of these individuals report that they are fully vaccinated and some have received the booster shot."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

January 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The constructive-knowledge standard would be impossible to apply," argued appellee attorney Sheila Ann Ross during hybrid oral arguments before the Georgia Court of Appeals.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

January 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The case is rife with spoliation issues," read an order by Fulton County Superior Court Belinda E. Edwards. "Defendants and the attorneys advising them willfully failed to obey the court's orders to provide discovery."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

January 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"It's tough when you're trying to run your business and you don't know which way you've got to go on any given day," said labor and employment lawyer Jacqueline Voronov of Hall Booth Smith. "It's even tougher when you've got to counsel a client."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

January 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Bottom line is they need their ice rink back," said Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Gil McBride. "So we're freeing up that space and I think a lot of people are glad to see us free it up."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

January 24, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The judge dismissed the case after finding on her own accord that quasi-judicial immunity protected the defendants.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

January 21, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The proper question in determining whether ... relation-back is met is ... whether the proper defendant knew or should have known that the action would have been brought against him but for the plaintiff's mistake," read a Supreme Court of Georgia reversal.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

January 21, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"This was a case about a local government official ... forcing citizens ... to relive the worst moment of each of their lives ... in flagrant violation of their First Amendment right not to speak to the public at all," said the plaintiffs' attorney, Mark A. Yurachek.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

January 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The notice ... did not provide a specific amount that would constitute a binding offer of settlement that could be accepted by the City," read the Georgia Court of Appeals decision. "Accordingly, the trial court erred in denying the City's motion to dismiss."

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

January 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Although our standard of review is deferential, it does not mean that we 'merely rubber stamp' an [administrative law judge's] decision," read the 11th Circuit opinion. "The record does not contain such evidence that a reasonable person would accept as adequate to support the [administrative law judge's] conclusion."

By Cedra Mayfield

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