• The Radiology Group, LLC v. Marks

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angelo Merolla, (Merolla & Gold, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Allen, (Spears Moore Rebman & Williams), Chattanooga, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0139

    Court reverses default judgment against defendant due to plaintiff's late filing of service proof, which delay extended defendant's response time

  • Tamayo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest Shealy, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Elizabeth York, (District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0534

    Court affirms convictions in child cruelty and battery case over defendant's challenges to his indictment and the constitutionality of a statute, and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Johnson, Samir Patel, Erle Newton, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0533

    Court affirms conviction in child molestation case and rejects defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; over failure to object to jury's consideration of notes written by defendant

  • MCCloud v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David West, (David West & Associates), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Brooks, Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Hannah McLear, (Barrow County Da’s Office), Winder, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0126

    Court affirms child abuse convictions and rejects defendant's challenges to circumstantial evidence and trial procedures, admission of certain evidence, and claims of ineffective assistance

  • Reeves et al. v. Allstate Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2024-05-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David King, Paul Grote, (Burkhalter Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa McMullen, Marvin Dikeman, (Webb Zschunke Neary & Dikeman, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0286

    Court affirms directed verdict in favor of insurance company in a dispute over a lawsuit limitation period, finding that insured party filed the lawsuit past a one-year limit in the insurance contract

  • Mt. Nebo Baptist Life Center, Inc. v. Abbey Lending, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-23
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Freeman, Chelsea Freeman Dease, Bobby Hill, (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City, Gregory Taube, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbrough, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Graham, (Graham Legal, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Cameron, (Cameron Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0291

    Court affirms default judgment in dispossessory action and denies lessee's motion to open default, concluding that dispossessory statutes are clear in requiring a response in 7 days

  • Hewett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Adams, (Office of the District Attorney, Towaliga Judicial Circuit), Jackson, Dorothy Hull, (Assistant District Attorney), Forsyth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0157

    Court affirms child molestation and sexual battery convictions over defendant's challenges regarding sufficiency of evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and other errors

  • Hartman v. De Caro

    Publication Date: 2024-05-23
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Davis Hewitt, (The Appellate Division - Georgia Public Defender Council), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, William Patrick Doupé, Ali Pauline Ritch, (Toombs Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Thompson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0323

    Court dismisses appeal to an order granting temporary custody to one partner, finding that it lacked jurisdiction over the appeal, which the other partner had filed directly

  • Jordan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A24A0397

    Court affirms entry of nolle prosequi order to charges of Influencing a witness and rejects defendant's speedy trial claim, which had been made on the basis of constitutional rights

  • The State v. Jones

    Publication Date: 2024-05-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A24A0328

    Court affirms suppression of DUI evidence due to unreasonable prolongation of traffic stop, and vacates and remands a ruling on probable cause