• Ponders v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Micah Gates, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Kenemer, John Helton, Megan Parker, (McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, LLP), Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1780

    Court affirms conviction for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Toliver v. Dawson et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Wardlaw, (The Law Office of Charles Wardlaw), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Martin, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Rodney Dillard, (Bake Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC), Birmingham, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1252

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury vehicle accident claim due to expiration of statute of limitations

  • Barrett v. Bryan

    Publication Date: 2024-01-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle Krejci, (The Law Office of Kyle Krejci, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: A. Rockefeller, (The Rockefeller Law Center), Warner Robins, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1644

    Court affirms denial of spouse's request for appointment of a guardian ad litem where child custody was at issue in a divorce case

  • WW3 Ventures, LLC v. The Bank of New York Mellon As Successor Trustee Under Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust Series 2006-2

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Ayoub, Carolina Bryant, (Ayoub & Mansour LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Gilroy, (The Gilroy Firm), Atlanta, Matthew Totten, (The Totten Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; James Blum, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0719

    Court affirms that a bidder for a lien on property took title to the property subject to a mortgagor's security interest where security deed did not include a witness attestation

  • McCloud v. Lowndes County Board of Commissioners et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley Robinson, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P. C.), Valdosta, for appellee; Jeremy Willis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman), Valdosta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0683

    Court vacates sovereign-immunity based dismissal of personal injury lawsuit against a Lowndes County employee and remands for clarification of procedural and evidentiary matters

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  • The State v. Robertson

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Johnson, Lenny Krick, Sherry Boston, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1012

    Court reverses trial court's grant of defendant's motion for a new trial on charges of vehicular homicide and other crimes, finding that error in admitting BAC evidence did not contribute to verdict

  • McLeod v. Costco Wholesale Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-24
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Murray, Lauren Gregory, Connor Bateman, (Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1055

    General Remedy For Failure to Plead Fraud-Related Claims Was More Definite Statement, Not Dismissal

  • AMAC Two, LLC et al. v. Web, Ltd

    Publication Date: 2023-11-23
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Burleigh Singleton, Ava Conger, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea Pawlak, W. Schulten, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0975

    Lease Language Regarding Lessee's Right to Parking Space Was Ambiguous, Precluding Summary Judgment as to Intent

  • Hansford v. Veal et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Eichelzer, (The Law Offices of P. Kent Eichelzer, III), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Nichols, John Kennedy, (James Bates Brannan Groover, LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0836

    RICO Defendant Could Not Dispute Civil Liability Following Default Judgment

  • Madison v. Old 41 Farm, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-11-22
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn Burch, (The Burch Firm LLC), Columbus, Benjamin Vaughn, (Benjamin A. Vaughn, P.C.), Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Tate, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellee; Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0860

    Court reverses grant of writ of mandamus in a sewer availability dispute, noting that a city manager did not abuse her discretion in denying a favorable sewer availability letter