Katheryn Tucker
October 04, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Senator Isakson Says Yes to KavanaughSen. Johnny Isakson made no mention of the latest FBI report or the allegations of sexual assault made against President Donald Trump's SCOTUS nominee.
By Katheryn Tucker
2 minute read
October 04, 2018 | Daily Report Online
'Outraged' Senator Perdue Calls for Kavanaugh Vote“When paid activists who support you attack my wife, you've gone too far,” Sen. David Perdue said on the floor Monday, apparently directing himself to Democrats. “You are inciting this.”
By Katheryn Tucker
4 minute read
October 03, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Senator Perdue Unmoved by Kavanaugh ProtestersWhen confronted by sexual assault survivors supporting investigating charges against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Georgia Sen. David Perdue had a different reaction than Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake.
By Katheryn Tucker
4 minute read
October 02, 2018 | Daily Report Online
What It Took to Get Two Life Sentences Plus 120 Years“Any time a small child has to face their abuser in court is particularly difficult,” said the prosecutor, Cobb County Assistant District Attorney Katie Gropper. “We are always hopeful that the judicial process is an empowering step towards healing."
By Katheryn Tucker
2 minute read
October 02, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Deal Has More New Judges to PickThe vacancies Gov. Nathan Deal will fill next are in the Flint and Piedmont Judicial Circuit Superior Courts south and northeast of Atlanta and the Dougherty County State Court in Albany.
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
September 27, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Appeals Court Upholds $422K Award for Spoiled Peaches“It was a real shame what happened to those peaches,” winning lawyer Nowell Berreth, head of Alston & Bird's agriculture law practice. “When they are ripe and ready, they need to be picked.”
By Katheryn Tucker
6 minute read
September 27, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Man Who Fell From Deer Stand Gets Another Shot at DoctorFive days after a heart procedure and on new blood pressure meds, a man goes hunting, faints and falls out of a deer stand. Whose fault is it? A jury said not the doc's. The Georgia Court of Appeals said try again.
By Katheryn Tucker
4 minute read
September 26, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Will Murder Conviction Reversed by Supreme Court Lead to Retrial?“We will definitely retry this case,” Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said after the Georgia Supreme Court's unanimous reversal. “It is a murder.”
By Katheryn Tucker
8 minute read
September 25, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Georgia High Court Case Can't Help Uber Drivers in Ninth CircuitIn ruling for Uber, the Ninth Circuit said an argument for Uber drivers relying on a 2016 Georgia Supreme Court decision was "unpersuasive for multiple reasons."
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
September 25, 2018 | The Recorder
Class Cert Reversed in Uber Drivers' Suit Over Tip Sharing, ClassificationThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed class certification in the case, ruling that the drivers can't sue the company because of an arbitration clause contained in their contracts.
By Katheryn Tucker
3 minute read
