• Capote v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Harvey, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, John Williams, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0120

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment, which motion had been based on failure to comply with the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act.

  • Tarlton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Bennett, (Bennett and Connell, LLC), Adel, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jessua Hornsby, (District Attorneys Office - Southern Judicial Circuit), Dixie, Chase Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit Distritct Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0347

    Defendant's Right to Be Present Not Violated When Trial Court and Counsel Discussed Replaying Forensic Video to Jury

  • Morgan v. Mainstreet Newspapers, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-19
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Lewis, (Lewis & Murphy, LLP), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hudson, David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0464

    Court affirms dismissal of councilman's lawsuit for libel against a newspaper because the paper's article was protected under the anti-SLAPP statute

  • Crawford v. Scott et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Kappler, William Diehl, (Thompson, O’Brien, Kappler & Nasuti, PC), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Byron Sanford, Mary Trachian-Bradley, (Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0480

    Court affirms summary judgment that struck a former employee's wrongful termination claim and a portion of a breach of fiduciary duty claim

  • City of Tucker v. City of Clarkston et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Government | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Ford, (Ford Legal, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Suzanne Osborne, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Stephen Quinn, (Wilson, Morton & Downs), Decatur, Curtis Romig, (Bryan Cave, LLP), Atlanta, Emily Macheski-Preston, (Coleman Talley LLP), Atlanta, Robert Ashe, Kevin Arocha, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0511

    Claim Against City For Illegal Annexation Became Moot After Portion of Annexed Land Was De-Annexed

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  • Green v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0477

    Trial Court Erred in Excluding Defense Evidence For Discovery Violation Without Considering Issues of Prejudice or Bad Faith

  • Om Shiv 2007, LLC v. Varsha 6-1-73, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-07-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Taylor Martin, Amanda Schwartz, (Martin Trial Law), Macon, Donald White, (Adams, Hemingway, Wilson & Rutledge, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Cooper, Kenneth Barton, (Cooper, Barton & Cooper, LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0613

    Court affirms denial of default judgment against a tenant in a dispossessory action because tenant was added after litigation began and was not required to file an answer

  • Stanley v. Patterson et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-28
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Reginald McClendon, (Lister & Holt, LLC), Jonesboro, Duane Pritchett, (MARTA), Atlanta, Elizabeth Taylor, (Gwinnett County Law Department), Lawrenceville, Jacquita Parks, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0987

    Quasi-Judicial Immunity Did Not Protect Court Administrator and Managers From Suit For Error That Led to Plaintiff's Arrest and Incarceration

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0417

    Court affirms convictions for rape and simple battery over defendant's objection to admission of a cell phone audio recording of the encounter that the victim had made

  • Pickens County v. Talking Rock Bluffs, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-04-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillp Friduss, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Nicholas Kinsley, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Scoggins, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Jeremy Underwood, Kenneth Kincaid, (Miles Hansford & Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1253

    Court affirms denial of a motion to dismiss a complaint for declaratory judgment that challenged the denial of a party's petition for rezoning