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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August 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Judge Resigns After Arrest for Allegedly Trespassing and Making 'Terroristic Threats'

"It has been my honor serving the State of Georgia and Tattnall County," wrote Tattnall County Chief Magistrate Judge James E. Anderson in his resignation letter to Gov. Brian Kemp.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

August 12, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers Seek to Collect $278K in Attorney Fees After Arbitration Award; Challenge 'Rule 68'

"They say that, because the case started in superior court, that it is subject to Rule 68," argued appellee attorney David J. Marmins. "They do not cite a case for this. There's no statute, no rule, regulation nor law."

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers Challenge Immunity of Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Student

"He had the opportunity to decontaminate Keturah Hall and chose not to do it," argued appellant attorney Thomas "Woody" Gatewood Sampson II. "He can be found liable for negligent performance of that ministerial duty."

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Game Changer? Med-Mal Appeal Could Bring 'Sweeping Change in Liability Against Physicians'

"If the trial court's order is allowed to stand, physicians in this state are going to be enormously reluctant to sign up as supervising physicians," argued appellant attorney R. Page Powell Jr.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 09, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Zero Stars: Court Weighs Whether Companies Invite Libel by Asking for Google Reviews

"It is true that statements containing opinion are not actionable, but the analysis does not simply end there," argued appellant attorney Andrew M. Ruberti. "There's not a wholesale defamation exception for anything that might be labeled 'opinion.'"

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

August 08, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Mandamus Denied: Referendum Dispute May Have Larger Implications

"The bill is directory and not mandatory," wrote Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox Jr.

By Cedra Mayfield

6 minute read

August 05, 2022 | Daily Report Online

One of these Magistrate Judges Could Fill Henry County State Court Vacancy

The JNC has shortlisted Henry County Magistrate judges Amanda R. Flora and Stephen N. Knights, Jr. to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Henry County State Court Chief Judge David B. Brown.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

August 05, 2022 | Daily Report Online

'Visibly Upset' Georgia Judge Won't Step Down From Case After Failed Recusal Request

"No fair-minded, impartial person would conclude that Judge Brasher harbors bias against Petitioner, stemming from an extra-judicial source, of a nature and intensity as would interfere with the exercise of impartial judgment," wrote Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rachel Krause.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

August 04, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Court Weighs Commissioner's Authority in Free-standing Emergency Department

"The hearing officer cannot limit the commissioner's authority to interpret law and make policy by cherry picking facts," argued Assistant Attorney General Cathelynn Tio.

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

August 03, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Atlanta Conference Aims to Promote Minority Lawyers for Mass Tort Leadership

"Our goal is to break the mold of the current mass litigation leadership model to remedy the lack of diversity and allow attorneys of color to uplift and defend their own communities," said Shades of Mass founder Ben Crump.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

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