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  • Edvalson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jess Brandel Johnson, Page Anthony Pate, (Pate & Johnson, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Anders George, Daniel J. Porter, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S19G1516

    Single Act of Possession of Numerous Pornographic Images Permitted Only One Prosecution and Conviction

  • Atlanta Women's Specialists, LLC et al. v. Trabue et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Flint, Michael David Flint, Jamie Lee Kastler, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sims Stone, (Law Offices of William S. Stone), Blakely, Michael George Regas, (Stone Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Ryals Drayton Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, James William Stone, (The Stone Law Group – Trial Lawyers, LLC), Blakely, Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Keri Fielder Conley, (Georgia Hospital Association), Marietta, Donald J. Palmisano, Jr., (Medical Association of Georgia), Atlanta, Tracy Morgan Baker, (Wellstar Health System, Inc.), Marietta, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Amy W. Adelman, (Emory University), Atlanta, David Christopher Hanson, Jessica To Holland, Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington McGrew, P.C.), Atlanta, William Thomas Worthy, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, Elizabeth McFall Leddy , (Piedmont Healthcare, INC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Colin Dang Delaney, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Daniel James Huff, Taylor Marie Tribble, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19G1138

    Personal Injury Defendants Seeking Appportionment For Nonparty's Conduct Should Have Filed Pretrial Notice of Nonparty Fault

  • Norman et al. v. Xytex Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Damages
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Francis McDonough, (Heninger Garrison & Davis, LLC), Atlanta, Nancy Hersh, Kate Hersh-Boyle, (Hersh & Hersh), San Francisco, David Blake Newdorf, (Newdorf Legal), Oakland, William L. Garrison, Jr., (Heninger Garrison Davis), Birmingham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Edward Lavender, Alison Lawrence Currie, Andrew John King, (Fisherbroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Timothy D Lytton, (Georgia State University College of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S19G1486

    Rule Barring "Wrongful Birth" Claims Did Not Necessarily Bar All Claims Based on Defective Sperm

  • In the Matter of Leighton Reid Berry, Jr.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leighton Reid Berry, (Law Offices of Attorney Leighton R Berry Jr LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20Y0607

    Personal Injury Attorney Should Be Disbarred for Failing to Inform Client of Settlement and Failing to Make Payment to Physical Therapy Provider on Client's Behalf

  • In the Matter of Dennis W. Hartley

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dennis W. Hartley, (Dennis W. Hartley PC), Colorado Springs, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Anthony B. Askew, (Chair, Review Panel), Atlanta, Bridget B. Bagley, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1352

    Disbarment From Practice of Law in Georgia Is the Appropriate Sanction in Reciprocal Discipline Matter Arising From Disbarment From Practice of Law in Colorado

  • Wallace v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Blackwell
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Craig Head, (Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender's Office), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Michelle Chapman McIntire, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1186

    It Was for the Jury, Not the Court, to Resolve Possible Conflicts in Evidence and Questions on Witness Credibility; Murder Conviction Sustained

  • In the Matter of William Leslie Kirby III.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warren Raymond Hinds, (Warren R. Hinds, P.C.), Roswell, for appellee. Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, James Charles Thornton, (Thornton & Graham PC), LaGrange, for other party.
    Case Number: S20Y1261

    Proposed Four-Month Suspension Is Insufficient in Light of Lawyer's Pattern of Misconduct Committed in Connection With Multiple Client Matters

  • Fisher v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Gary Spencer, (R. Gary Spencer, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, F. McDonald Wakeford, Mathew Eli Plott,, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A1004

    Evidence Was Legally Sufficient to Support Malice Murder Convictions; Properly Charged Jury Was Authorized to Determine That Testifying Witness Was Not an Accomplice

  • Ellison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brett W. Ladd, (The Ladd Law Firm, LLC), Blairsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Herbert E. Franklin, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0984

    DNA Evidence Obtained From Defendant's Buccal Swab Did Not Match DNA Found at Crime Scene or Incriminate Defendant; DNA's Admission Was Harmless Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

  • Subar v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Chief Justice Melton
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, (Office of the Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Mark Samuel Lindemann, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Emily Kathleen Richardson, Lenny I. Krick, Sherry Boston, Shannon Elysia Hodder, Alana Jane Driscoll, (Dekalb County District Attorneys Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0942

    It Was Highly Probable That Trial Court's Admission of Evidence of Prior Burglary Trial Did Not Contribute to Jury's Malice Murder Conviction