• Schaeffer v. Kearney

    Publication Date: 2020-07-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Lee, (Attorney for the City of Sandy Springs), Sandy Springs, Sean Ryan, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Crail Lewis, (Law Office of Crail A. Lewis, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0264

    Court reverses an order granting a writ of mandamus to bound a municipal matter over to superior court because petitioner's correct remedy was a writ of certiorari

  • DirecTV, LLC, v. White

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fulton County State Court, Michael Becker, (Vernis & Bowling of Atlanta, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Rolle, (The Cordele Law Firm, Inc), Norcross, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0447

    Plaintiff's Contradictor Testimony Failed to Establish Injury Took Place Within Two Years of Filing of Personal Injury Complaint

  • Hayes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Public Records
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Geary, Kelsey Geary, (The Geary Law Firm, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Donovan, Anthony Williams, (Assistant District Attorney), Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0621

    Reasonable Public Interest Exists in Record of Police Department Member Indicted for Speeding; Trial Court Did Not Err in Refusing to Block Media or Public Access

  • Henry v. State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Creal, (Attorney at Law), Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Pamela Bettis, John Pipkin, Joseph Stone, Jefferson Upchurch, (Office of the Solicitor-General of Henry County), McDonough, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0501

    Trial Counsel Improperly Failed to Object to Introduction of DUI Defendant's Blood Test Result; New Trial Granted

  • Cowart v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Lina, (Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, David Fried, (Fried & Bonder LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Powell, Jay Crowley, (Powell & Edwards), Lawrenceville, Wesley Ross, (Webb, Tanner & Powell), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2318

    Court vacates contempt order and remands case for determination of subject matter jurisdiction in multi-year litigation over a land easement

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  • Patricia Duffy v. Stephen Sanders

    Publication Date: 2020-05-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Orion Webb, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0383

    Wife's Failure to File a Discretionary Application in Divorce Action Deprives the Appeals Court of Jurisdiction Over Appeal

  • Albright v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2022

    Defendant Lacked Standing to Seek to Suppress Location Information Derived From Girlfriend's Cell Phone

  • In the Interest of R. M., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heap, Kimberly Rowden, (District Attorney), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Beauvais, (Zipperer, Lorberbaum & Beauvais), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1880

    Court affirms juvenile court's entry of an order of dismissal of adjudication of delinquency of a minor that had been arrested for driving under the influence

  • Cowart v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2020-03-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Lina, (Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, David Fried, (Fried & Bonder LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Powell, Jay Crowley, (Powell & Edwards), Lawrenceville, Wesley Ross, (Webb, Tanner & Powell), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2318

    Party Did Not Properly Invoke Jurisdiction of the Trial Court When it Attempted to Initiate a New Civil Action by Filing a Contempt Proceeding

  • CaseMetrix LLC v. Sherpa Web Studios, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-19
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Leonard, (Taylor, Busch, Slipakoff & Duma), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allan Levin, (Cozen and O'Connor), Atlanta, Christopher York, (York Gaskill, LLC), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2072

    Court Determines Settlement Offer Invalid as it Was Unclear and Ambiguous About Claims to Which it Applied; Attorneys' Fees Award Reversed