• In the Interest of L. B., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Rogers, (Law Offices of James A. Rogers, LLC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Randall Forester, (Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0851

    Court affirms juvenile court order terminating the parental rights of a child's mother

  • Nelson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-09-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jurdis Nelson, (Smith State Prison), Glennville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Kevin Armstrong, (Office of the District Attorney) Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1412

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Rape Defendant's Motion for Appointment of Post-Conviction Counsel, Challenge of DNA Evidence, and Challenge of Sentence as Void

  • In the Interest of T. P., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Kurlander, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wystan Getz, Sherry Boston, (Office of the DeKalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1167

    Juvenile's Act of Turning Toward School Officer When Officer Touched His Back Did Not Constitute Simple Assault

  • Saks Management And Associates, LLC. v. Sung General Contracting, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Cooper, Christopher Hoffman, Taylor Owens, (Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Walker, (Walker Law Firm), Stone Mtn, George Kimel, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1085

    Unlicensed Contractor Could Not Rely on Repair Rule Exemption to Statutory Rule Rendering Construction Contract Unenforceable

  • The State v. Hines et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-25
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karl Cooke, (District Attorney), Macon, David Rhoden, (Assistant District Attorney), McDonough, Shelley Milton, (District Attorney's Office, Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stanley Schoolcraft, (Circuit Public Defender's Office), McDonough, Clinton Wheeler, Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0950

    Trial court did not err when it barred the admissibility of a witness recording when the defendants had no meaningful opportunity to cross-examine that witness.

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  • Scales v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Office of the Appellate Defender), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, Ray Daniel, (District Attorney of the Chattahoochee Judicial District), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0440

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for aggravated assault and other crimes over his contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Skipper et al. v. Paul

    Publication Date: 2020-08-10
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Braun, Richard Braun, (Jones Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, Susan Cox, Marcol Harvey, (Edenfield, Cox, Bruce & Classens), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerrold Hester, (Hester Outman LLC), Norcross, James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0521

    Family Law Court Erred in Setting Aside Final Adoption Decree Based on Facial Defects That Were Amendable

  • Luke et al. v. Luke et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-08-06
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Warren Mixon, (Mixon & Mixon), Ocilla, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kathryn Pinckney, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0022

    Trial Court Must Use Parol Evidence to Resolve a Latent Ambiguity in a Will's Provision on Devising a One-Fourth Interest in Certain Real Property to Decedent's Son

  • Haskins et al. v. Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, P. C. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Hallman, (Attorney at Law), Claxton, Berrien Sutton, (Attorney at Law), Homerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0113

    Court affirms medical malpractice verdict in favor of a physician over injured patient's multiple contentions of evidentiary error by the trial court

  • Maine v. Georgia Department of Corrections

    Publication Date: 2020-07-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Trent Coggins, (Trent L. Coggins, LLC), Valdosta, Douglas McMillan, (Shingler & McMillan LLC), Donalsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Laura McDonald, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Courtney Coons Poole, (Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0049

    Court affirms JNOV verdict for an employer on a Whistleblower claim because evidence did not show that a former employee was terminated for retaliation