Cedra Mayfield

December 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"She told her mom to slow down before they entered the curve where the wreck happened," said Atlanta plaintiff attorney Donald W. Singleton. "We knew we had to overcome that statement somehow."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 20, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"I will do my homework," said Inspector General Scott F. McAfee following his judicial appointment to the Fulton County Superior Court. "Lawyers can expect that I'll have read their pleadings and be ready to dive into the issues."

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

December 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed new judges to the superior courts of the Alcovy, Atlanta and Blue Ridge judicial circuits and state courts of Clayton and Gwinnett counties.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Clyde Reese died Saturday.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

December 16, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The opinion of the Court of Appeals is a sweeping re-interpretation of O.C.G.A. § 9-3-99, a statute that is often the only means by which crime victims are able to obtain relief," said appellee attorney George L. Phillips Jr. of Dozier Law in Macon.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

December 15, 2022 | Law.com

"The cure really has become the disease," said attorney Ryan Baker of Waymaker in Los Angeles. "Anti-SLAPP has become bloated, and certainly in California it's become a problem for real plaintiffs."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

December 14, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed Habersham County Solicitor General William R. Oliver to fill a newly created Mountain Judicial Circuit judgeship.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

December 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Unfortunately, you just cannot rely on early representations or statements made about the extent of insurance," Jeb Butler said. "When we required an affidavit sworn under oath by the insurance company, they finally disclosed, 'Oh yeah, there is additional insurance.'"

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

December 13, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed Carroll County State Court Judge Erica L. Tisinger to fill a Coweta Judicial Circuit superior court vacancy created by the appointment of the Judge Bill Hamrick to the Georgia State-wide Business Court in August.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

December 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"The strategy in a nutshell was really putting ourselves in the position of retirees," said plaintiff attorney Miguel Dominguez of Morgan & Morgan in Atlanta. "How much is it worth to have a retirement plan and to get to the threshold of it and then have to deal with persistent neck and back pain everyday of your life since a wreck five years ago?"

By Cedra Mayfield

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