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  • Greathouse v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Cathey, (Law Office of Adam C. Cathey), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clayton Fuller, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, Zachary Trippe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1757

    Court vacates order revoking a petitioner's probation. citing due process violations due to revocation without a hearing and clarifying limitations on waivers

  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly, (Western Circuit Public Defender's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, Burke Doherty, Brandon Thompson, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Athens, John Regan, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1488

    Court vacates superior court guilt and sentencing judgments in a gang activity for lack of subject matter jurisdiction over juvenile offenses

  • Iyer v. Prism Hsh Properties, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Family Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Alloy, Edward Bedard, (Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, James Hicks, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lea Dearing, (Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1758

    Court reverses dismissal of corporate mismanagement claims and vacates attorney fee and expense award in a post-divorce business dispute

  • Peterman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, Melissa Akins, (DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elaine Thompson, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1381

    Court affirms convictions for sexual assault offenses against minor, rejecting merger, sufficiency, and evidentiary challenges

  • Nofree, LLC v. The State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2024-12-23
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melinda White, Brunswick, Brian Lea, David Nahmias, Sarah Welch, (Jones Day), Atlanta, William Ligon, (Ligon, Middleton & Lindberg, P.C.), Brunswick, Lloyd Murray, (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, Andrea Hartung, Robin Leigh, (Attorney General), Atlanta, James Chamberlin, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee; Charles Dixon, (Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Tiffany Billings, (Atlantic Circuit Superior Court), Hinesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0969

    Court rules marshland title remains with the State under Protection of Tidewaters Act, notwithstanding contradictory land grant that purported to divest land to a private owner

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  • Lowe Construction and Development, LLC et al. v. Hudgins et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-23
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, George Green, Zachary Waldrop, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eugene Benton, (Benton & Preston, P.C.), Monroe, William Waters, (Ballard, Stephenson & Waters), Covington, for appellee; Brian Linkowski, (Fidelity National Law Group), Atlanta, Thomas Richelo, (Richelo Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Epps, (Epps, Holloway, DeLoach & Hoipkemier, LLC), Watkinsville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1647

    Court reverses denial of a motion to compel arbitration in property boundary dispute, emphasizing broad scope of arbitration clause in a land purchase agreement

  • Cribb et al v. Moore et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Kennerly, John Smith, (Young Thagard Hoffman, LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Tunison, James Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Nicola Bajalia, (Bajalia Law Firm, P.C.), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1036

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Denial of Defendants' Summary Judgment Motion in Plaintiffs' Negligence Lawsuit Over Damages Sustained in a Fire

  • Travelers Property Casualty Insurance Co. v. Lipsey

    Publication Date: 2024-12-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Atkinson, Lauren Woodrick, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas Schnyder, Dennis Sawan, (Nick Schnyder Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for appellee; Donald Bowman, (Boyd & Jenerette, PA), Savannah, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1114

    Court Reverses Denial of Insurer's Summary Judgment Motion in a Negligence Action, Concluding that Uninsured Motorist Coverage Does Not Apply in Vehicle Shooting Case

  • Au Medical Center, Inc. v. Dorothy Dale

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Damages | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Brewton, Robert Marcovitch, Jena Lombard, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Watson, (Watson Law Firm), Smyrna, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, William Smith, (W. Calvin Smith, II, P.C.), Atlanta, Minerva Steele, (Steele Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, Jason Branch, (Philips Branch & Hodges), Columbus, Trent Speckhals, (Speckhals Law, P. C.), Atlanta, Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, Lisa Churvis, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Heistand & Prout), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A1027

    Court Affirms Denial of Apportionment of Damages in Medical Malpractice Case to Non-Parties That Were Originally Named But Were Subsequently Dismissed from the Case

  • Brimar Enterprises, LLC v. Montgomery et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Elder Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shane Stogner, (Stogner Law, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stacy Reynolds, (Atlanta Legal Aid Society), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0691

    Court Affirms Default and Summary Judgments Against Lender and Its Owner in Elder Exploitation and Fraud Case