Cedra Mayfield

June 30, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"A jury asked to apportion only negligence could have rationally concluded that the assailant was zero-percent negligent, because intentional conduct is not negligence," wrote Justice Andrew A. Pinson in a concurrence to the Supreme Court of Georgia rulings.

By Cedra Mayfield

9 minute read

June 30, 2023 | Law.com

As a constitutional attorney deemed the judge's ruling "a clear overreach," a professional responsibility expert validated the vacated verdict and newly granted trial as being within the judge's "inherent power."

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

June 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Rafi's videos were not simply his informed expression about legal proceedings in general. They were comments with detailed specificity about this case and thus went well beyond just a 'matter of general public concern,'" read Judge Ronda S. Colvin's order granting a new trial.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

June 28, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"The jury's finding of no-fault as to Dr. William Hsu despite their $40 million award to the Sanford family tells us that they understood what this case was truly about: justice for the Sanfords, and fairness for Dr. William Hsu," said defense counsel Shawn H. Choi of Nall & Miller in Atlanta.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

June 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"I may not have any response from a judge or his [or] her staff for an order on a hearing that was held over 19 months ago," said Elizabeth Green Lindsey of Davis, Matthews & Quigley.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

June 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Effective June 1, the Fulton County Superior Court judge's retirement leaves a vacancy in the Family Division.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

June 23, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"The [Supreme Court of Georgia] said itself, 'the substance of the relationship controls,' and that's what we've been saying all along," said appellee counsel Lindsey Siegel of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

June 22, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"We were ready to keep litigating the case rather than take the limits," said plaintiff counsel Jeb Butler of Butler Kahn in Atlanta. "But we talked with our clients, and they decided that $2 million was a sufficient number for them."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

June 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

After becoming Georgia's first Latino judge in 2002, J. Antonio "Tony" DelCampo has again made history by becoming the State Bar of Georgia's first Latino president.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

June 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"When the city's witnesses would come in and say things like, 'Hey, we never noticed that thing,' and this huge replica is sitting right there in front of the jury, it's a tough sell," said plaintiff attorney Jeffrey R. Harris of Harris Manton Lowry.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read