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  • Crookshanks v. Crookshanks

    Publication Date: 2024-08-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chris Crookshanks, Lewisburg, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara Claridge, (Claridge Law Firm), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1069

    Court vacates and remands modified child custody and support order due to trial court's failure to provide statutorily-required findings of fact and conclusions of law

  • Be Our Guest Investments, LLC v. Piedmont Park Conservancy, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-23
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Hulsey, Jeffrey Morgan, Sydnie Zachary, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason McLarry, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Brett Tarver, (Insley and Race, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0618

    Court reverses summary judgment order and remands in a breach of contract action because trial court misapplied the new business rule to exclude evidence of lost profits

  • Tibbetts v. Worth County School District et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-21
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cox, (Charles E. Cox, Jr., LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, William White, Matthew Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb, & White), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1542

    Court vacates its prior opinion and adopts Supreme Court ruling that a former teacher's breach of contract action was barred by sovereign immunity because a valid contract had not been formed

  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Luttrell, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit), Fayetteville, Elizabeth Racine, (Douglas County District Attorney), Douglasville, Aimee Sobhani, (DeKalb County Government-Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0876

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated assault and armed robbery over defendant's objection to admittance of surveillance video and challenge to an omitted jury instruction

  • Wilson et al. v. Inthachak et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-21
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hudson, (Attorney), Douglas, Ranse Partin, William Owens, James Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Dekle, Sandra Foster, Wiley Wasden, (Brennan, Wasden and Painter, LLC), Savannah, for appellee; Michael Bailey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Jarome Gautreaux, (Gautreaux Law, LLC), Macon, John Loftin, Gainesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0398

    Court vacates summary judgment in medical misdiagnosis case, citing factual questions on emergency care and causation

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  • Hayes v. KSP Services, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Smith, Jeremy Pineres, James Adamoli, (W. Calvin Smith II PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Horowitz, J Vincent Lally, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0361

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in defendants' favor in a workers' compensation dispute and affirms denial of defendants' motion for discovery sanctions

  • Altine v. Eastside Medical Center, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Evidence | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willard Bullock, Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Wayne Grant, Kimberly Grant, (Grant Law Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Mathis, Randolph Powell, Mikell Reynolds, Rachel Reed, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell Bailey), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0088

    Court affirms verdict favoring medical center, concluding that admission of evidence of a settlement with a surgeon was harmless

  • The State v. Stillman

    Publication Date: 2024-08-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Cliff Head, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Brody, (Brody Law Firm), Atlanta, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0594

    Court reverses application of rule of lenity that trial court cited to vacate trafficking charges, and remands for resentencing of defendant on trafficking and pandering charges

  • Calhoun v. Harrell

    Publication Date: 2024-08-15
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Social Media
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivan Gustafson, (Law Office of Ivan Gustafson), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Loletha Hale, (Attorney at Law), Jonesboro, Nancy Ladson, Atlanta, Richard Schrade, (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0279

    Court reverses stalking protective order, citing insufficient evidence of direct contact

  • Guy v. Housing Authority of the City of Augusta, Georgia

    Publication Date: 2024-08-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Califf, (Califf Law Firm LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Cosper, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee; Michael Walker, (Piasta Walker Hagenbush, LLC), Atlanta, William McDavid, (Jones Cork, LLP), Macon, Jack Schley, (Page Scrantom Sprouse Tucker & Ford PC), Columbus, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0080

    Court affirms sovereign immunity for Housing Authority in premises liability case, concluding that the Housing Authority is a public entity entitled to sovereign immunity.