Cedra Mayfield

March 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"Evidence is being abused when the judges don't put their foot down and say, 'this is too prejudicial,'" said Donald F. Samuel of Garland, Samuel & Loeb in Atlanta. "That's what Rule 403 is designed to do."

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

March 05, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"Judge [Jason] Marbutt recognized social media websites can be abused and in this case were abused by the defendants," said plaintiff counsel Robert D. Ingram of Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele in Marietta.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

March 04, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Candidate qualifying runs through March 8 for judicial incumbents and challengers interested in running for election in the May 21, 2024, nonpartisan primary.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

February 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"Our engineering experts proved with computer modeling and dynamic testing that Yamaha's stock cart loses control and rolls over every time when hard braking is used on a downhill slope," said plaintiff counsel Frank Bayuk of Bayuk Pratt.

By Cedra Mayfield

9 minute read

February 22, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"Use it first," said lead plaintiff counsel L. Chris Stewart of Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys in Atlanta. "There's a way to explain anything."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

February 21, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"'Competent substantial evidence' is a deferential [standard] that does not permit the commissioner to reweigh the evidence, judge the credibility of witnesses, or substitute his judgment on factual issues for that of the hearing officer based on the commissioner's expertise," read the Supreme Court of Georgia opinion.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

February 20, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"[T]he court took the time to examine the details of the defamation claims and granted our Anti-SLAPP Motion to Strike and awarded us almost $10,000.00 in fees on the grounds that any such communications by our client was not defamation," said defense counsel Drew Beal of Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

February 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"We expect to have many of our phone lines operational over the next few business days," Fulton County Superior Court Court administrator David Summerlin told the Daily Report.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

February 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"I'm learning new skills and tools that I'm going to be able to deploy in my cases," said plaintiff attorney Matt Q. Wetherington of the Wetherington Law Firm in Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

February 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"I would hope these fees are paid without further delay so that we can finally put this matter behind us," said appellant counsel Jay Eidex of Groth Makarenko Kaiser & Eidex in Duluth.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read