Katheryn Hayes Tucker

March 21, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Judge Mary Staley Clark is "one of the original women to break through the glass ceiling and achieve a Superior Court judgeship," said longtime colleague and now Senior Judge Stephen Schuster.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

March 18, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"LG Chem deliberately placed its 18650 lithium-ion batteries into the stream of commerce with the expectation that they would be purchased and used in Georgia, such that LG Chem 'should reasonably expect to be haled into court in Georgia for an injury caused in this state by that product,'" Judge Anne Barnes said.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

March 17, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Ed Garland said he always knew he'd be a criminal defense lawyer from watching his dad. Don Samuel said he went to work for Garland's firm as a labor lawyer but soon wound up on a murder case.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

6 minute read

March 16, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Presiding Justice Michael Boggs will succeed Chief Justice David Nahmias. Justice Nels Peterson will succeed Boggs as presiding justice.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

March 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Justice Verda Colvin ruled a man hit by a woman posting that she was traveling 100 miles per hour "adequately alleged that Snap could reasonably foresee the particular risk of harm from the Speed Filter at issue here."

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

5 minute read

March 15, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"One of the highlights of my legal career was when I got to call the daughter and tell her they had tendered the check," said plaintiffs attorney Chris Gunnels of the Gunnels Law Firm.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

March 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Judge Amanda Mercier ruled that a trial court has broad discretion to sanction lawyers who surprised opponents with a new expert witness the day before the trial.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

4 minute read

March 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Robert Smith was 38 when he was killed while performing electrical work for MARTA. His children were 8 and 10. His widow was first offered $3 million to settle. She said no.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read

March 10, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Matthew Rollins is a 10-year prosecutor and a former U.S. Marine. He has served as chief assistant DA and assistant DA.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

2 minute read

March 09, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"This developer was not going to pay to play," said Simon Bloom of Bloom Parham.

By Katheryn Hayes Tucker

3 minute read