Cedra Mayfield

November 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia Director Courtney Veal called a court clerk, lawyer, respondent and neighbor to the stand during ethics proceedings Tuesday.

By Cedra Mayfield

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November 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The high court's oral arguments scheduled for Dec. 5 have been rescheduled to Jan. 9 and 10.

By Cedra Mayfield

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November 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"[T]he Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court's ruling on the official-capacity claims on the ground that the public duty doctrine barred all of [the appellant's] claims without considering the threshold jurisdictional question of whether sovereign immunity barred [the appellant's] claims against [the appellee] in her official capacity," the Supreme Court of Georgia held.

By Cedra Mayfield

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November 22, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I tried the case for five days and on the fifth day, Friday the 13th, I get COVID," said defense litigator Page Powell Jr. "I didn't know what to do. I've never had this before."

By Cedra Mayfield

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November 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"It's going to open the door so that people can really see that Uber is very much in control," said plaintiff attorney Steven N. Newton of Peachtree City.

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November 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"We recognize that the comments made by Justice Pinson in his concurrence leave open the possibility of future litigation related to this issue," said appellee counsel Page Powell Jr. of Huff Powell & Bailey.

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November 14, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"The crux of the case was the failure to obtain a chest CT [scan] after the placement of the mechanical heart pump and before the heart transplant over a year later," said plaintiff counsel Lee Gutschenritter of Finch McCranie in Atlanta.

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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

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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."

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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

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