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  • Adams v. Lee et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kwame Townes, (Townes, Davis & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maren Cave, Kathryn Robertson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1345

    Court reverses grant of summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case because injured party was an invitee and not a licensee, which raised a genuine issue of material fact as to duty of care

  • Mims et al. v. Exclusive Association Management, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Damages
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Desiree Duke, Timothy Heath, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, Daniel Williams, (Coweta Circuit Superior Court), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Carlton, (Carlton Law, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0938

    Court affirms liability for conversion against former employee for conversion but reverses summary judgment against her husband due to lack of evidence to implicate husband in thefts

  • The State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Jackson, Robert Hunnicutt, (Carroll County Solicitor's Office), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Preston Haliburton, (Haliburton Law Firm), Atlanta, Jeffery Dickerson, (Attorney at Law), Kennesaw, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1042

    Court reverses trial court's order granting defendant's plea in bar to DUI charges, finding that payment of fines did not raise double jeopardy issues

  • Long v. City of Madison

    Publication Date: 2024-09-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0985

    Court reverses superior court decision that had denied an appeal to a probate court order and remands with directions to dismiss the appeal due to jurisdictional Issues

  • Freeman v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2024-09-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0805

    Court vacates an attorney fees award in a divorce case and remands for proper consideration of the parties' financial circumstances under OCGA § 19-6-2

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  • Board of Commissioners of Brantley County v. Brantley County Development Partners, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-17
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0612

    Court affirms issuance of a permit to build a solid waste landfill in Brantley County Landfill, and further affirms limits on Environmental Protection Division's investigative duties

  • The State v. Roundtree

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Fitzner, (Middle Judicial Circuit), Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandi Payne, (Middle Circuit Public Defenders Office), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1322

    Court vacates probated sentence for drug trafficking and remands for resentencing because statutory scheme did not allow for probating, and defendant was sentenced as a recidivist

  • Bass v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0927

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated assault, family violence battery, and firearm possession over defendant's claims of insufficient and abuse of discretion

  • 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

  • Wierson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Rubin, (Peters, Rubin & Sheffield), Decatur, Kristen Novay, (Garland, Samuel and Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Thomas Williams, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee; Justin Moore, (Aequitas Legal Services, LLC), Atlanta, Amanda Walker, (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0241

    Court affirms ruling allowing insanity defense and reverses an order allowing evidence of compliance with prescription medication in a vehicular homicide case