Cedra Mayfield

Cedra Mayfield is a litigation reporter with the Daily Report, the ALM newspaper in Atlanta. She can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @cedramayfield

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October 24, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Reversal Vacated: Ruling Clarifies Employer's Liability for Torts Committed by Employees While Commuting

"[W]e are confident that the Court of Appeals will properly reinstate the trial court's grant of summary judgment to Prodigies Child Care Management on remand," said appellant counsel M. Ryan Del Campo of Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske in Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

October 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Meet the Shortlisted Candidates Up for Cherokee Circuit Superior Court Judge

"I will bring to the bench twenty five years of experience trying and working cases across the state in many areas of the law," said shortlisted candidate Jesse L. Vaughn of Vaughn & Clements in Calhoun. "I have tried most every kind of case that can be tried in the Superior Courts of Georgia."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

October 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Henry County Jurors Return $16.4M Verdict Over Georgia Patient's Suicide

"We were brutally honest about the fact that John took his own life on a night where he was drinking pretty heavily," said plaintiff attorney Andrew J. Conn of Harris Lowry Manton.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

October 19, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Who Will Be Fulton County's Next Superior Court Judge? Meet the Hopefuls

A municipal court judge, an attorney and a state ethics commission director are in the running to become the next superior court judge to join the Atlanta Judicial Circuit that services Fulton County.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 18, 2023 | Daily Report Online

They Didn't Know the Jury Was About to Return $23M—So They Settled for $10M

"The foreperson and several other jurors told us that they had been 10 seconds away from submitting the verdict that they had already agreed upon," said Jeb Butler of Butler Khan. "The verdict was for the [plaintiff's] family in the amount of $23 million, with 75% of the fault placed on [the defendant] and 25% on [the plaintiff]."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

October 17, 2023 | Daily Report Online

A Unique Remote-Work Issue Is Dividing Georgia Courts

"First, we've got to talk about jurisdiction," said Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren. "We have to assure ourselves that we can be here."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

October 17, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Judge's Misconduct Trial Set to Resume Nov. 28

After a two-month pause, judicial misconduct proceedings for Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson are set to resume Nov. 28 and 29 at the Cobb County Courthouse.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

October 16, 2023 | Daily Report Online

And Then There Were 5: Meet Everyone in the Running for 2 Judgeships

A municipal court judge, circuit district attorney, statewide ethics director and a pair of attorneys have been shortlisted for superior court vacancies in the Atlanta and Cherokee judicial circuits.

By Cedra Mayfield

2 minute read

October 06, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Go Public or Keep It Discrete? These Lawyers Took Different Approaches. Here's the Result

"The two things that typically can help change the direction of a system is the exposure and then the financial impact," said Davis Bozeman Johnson Law Founding Partner Mawuli Mel Davis.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

October 05, 2023 | Daily Report Online

$15M—and Counting: Lawyers Set Demands After Deaths in Fulton County

"Public exposure of what is happening prevents them from sweeping it under the rug," said plaintiff attorney Mawuli Mel Davis of Davis Bozeman Johnson Law. "Having to pay makes it an unsustainable proposition for them to continue certain kinds of behaviors. We think both are necessary."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

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