Cedra Mayfield

November 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"[We] carefully analyzed the available balance of the original $96 million committed to the judicial branch and distributed this round of funds in what we believe was an equitable and beneficial way for all circuits," said Supreme Court of Georgia Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs, chair of the Judicial Council and the ARPA Committee.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

November 10, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I urge you to make time to lend your gift, your legal expertise to help those in need," said Justice Verda M. Colvin. "You owe that to the profession."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

November 09, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"The problem with plaintiff's value-added model is that this calculation does not necessarily bear any relation to the amount of work actually expended in the case between the time of the settlement rejection and judgment," read Fulton County State Court Judge John R. Mather's order.

By Cedra Mayfield

9 minute read

November 08, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"We have filed a motion to dismiss based upon Georgia's anti-SLAPP statute," Beal Sutherland Berlin & Brown partner Drew Beal told the Daily Report. "His lawsuit is nothing more than a strategic attempt to limit their free expression."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

November 07, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"In the first two weeks alone, an additional 350 landlord-tenant cases would be calendared," Fulton County Chief Magistrate Judge Cassandra Kirk told the Daily Report.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

November 07, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"We might call this case 'the case of the forgotten word,'" argued appellee counsel Robert S. Highsmith Jr. "That word is 'competent.'"

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

November 03, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"The issues matter not only to the Omstead family, but potentially to every Georgian that buys a home, car or essentially anything in the marketplace," said plaintiff attorney Andrew J. King of Lourie, Chance, Forlines, Carter & King.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

November 02, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Before the Georgia Supreme Court in January, opposing appellate counsel will argue whether "the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority a 'carrier of passengers' subject to the duty of care" under Georgia law.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

November 01, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"We felt good about the trial and agreed on a high/low," said plaintiff attorney J.L. King II of The King Firm in Tifton. "The high/low had a significant gap between the high number and the low number."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I think wrongful-death verdicts are a lot higher than they used to historically be ... but it's so dependent on [the facts of each case]," said plaintiff attorney Jeff R. Harris of Harris Lowry Manton.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read