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  • Cruz et al. v. Xytex Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-23
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McDonough, (Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC), Atlanta, William Garrison, Brandy Robertson, (Heninger Garrison Davis), Birmingham, David Newdorf, (Newdorf Legal), Oakland, Nancy Hersh, (Hersh & Hersh), San Francisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alison Currie, Thomas Lavender, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Linda Jordan, (Watkins Lourie Roll Chance PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0040

    Claims based on injuries derived from children's lives are not cognizable under Georgia law, but claims predating their lives may be pled as consumer fraud claims

  • Starks et al. v. Carver et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-09
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Blumenthal, Seth Weissman, (Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Andrew, (Andrew, Merritt, Reilly & Smith), Lawrenceville, for other party,
    Case Number: A21A0572

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment in a negligence action against a real estate broker because claimant was a customer, not a client, and was owed a lower duty

  • Mincey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancy DeVetter, (DeVetter Law Firm), Tybee Island, Adnan Sultan, (Innocence Project), New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, (District Attorney), Savannah, Charles Higgins, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Bradley Thompson, Amanda McCool, (Chatham County District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0618

    Trial Court Erred in Finding That Latex Gloves Recovered From 1996 Robbery Were Not Available and in a Condition to Permit DNA Testing

  • Threatt v. Threatt

    Publication Date: 2021-08-05
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Obréziah Bullard, (Law Offices of McGuire and Bullard), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Verne Edwards, (The Edwards Law Group), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0637

    After Wife Failed to Attend Status Hearing, Trial Court Erred in Immediately Holding a Final Hearing Without Providing Notice to Wife

  • Macky v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-08-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Locke, (Locke Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Natalie Paine, Henry Syms, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0571

    Court Remands Guilty Verdict on 25 Counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor for Resentencing, in Light of Recent Decision That Calls for the Merging of the Convictions Into a Single Conviction

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  • Blackwelder v. Shugard et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-03
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Bailey, (R. L. Bailey Law Firm, LLC), Augusta, Kurt Lawton, (Lawton Law Office, LLC), Martinez, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0483

    Court rejects biological father's arguments for custody of three children and affirms final order awarding custody to their maternal grandmother

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority et al. v. Ingram

    Publication Date: 2021-08-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candis Jones, (Lewis Brisbois), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hyatt, (Hyatt & Hyatt, P.C.), Decatur; Matt Nasrallah, (Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah, LLP), Marietta, for other party,
    Case Number: A21A0541

    Court affirms denial of appellants' motion to dismiss or transfer venue where plaintiff in personal injury case filed suit in venue of one joint tortfeasor

  • Smith v. Sanders

    Publication Date: 2021-08-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ellen Ash, Jessica Sanford, (Fain Major & Brennan PC), Atlanta, for Appellee
    Case Number: A21A0406

    Court vacates denial of motion for entry of default in a car accident case where plaintiff had not filed a notarized affidavit for service on nonresident defendant

  • Antley at al. v. Small et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Floyd, John Rains, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Gillen, Anthony Lake, (Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC), Atlanta, F. Hallman, Richard Wingate, (Hallman & Wingate, LLC), Marietta, Gus Small, (Small Herrin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0223

    Court variously affirms and reverses trial court's orders on tolling of statute of limitations in a lawsuit against attorneys for former trustees charged with fraud

  • Jones v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2021-07-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hurt, (Hurt Stolz, P.C.), Watkinsville, John Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Calvert, Eric Taylor, Laura Wagner, Ra Amen, (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0370

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Determination That It Lacked Jurisdiction Due to Plaintiff's Failure to File Complaint Within 30 Days of Appeal Board's Decision