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  • Gyllstrom et al. v. The Blue Stone Condominium Association, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-19
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Kimel, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, Julie Liberman, (Julie A. Liberman, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Pollock, Joanna Eljazzar, (Lazega & Johanson), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0550

    Court reverses dismissal of complaint in a dispute over a condominium Board's actions, finding that the Board had waived dispute resolution procedures by its action in declaring the matter closed

  • CSX Corporation et al. v. Oglesby

    Publication Date: 2024-07-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daryl Clarida, (Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer, LLP), Atlanta, John Wilkerson, (Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cotton, Tiffany Donohue, (Georgia Law Team, P.C.), Cordele, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, Brent Savage, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0027

    Court reverses trial court's partial denial of summary judgment in a railroad accident case finding that rail operator had no legal duty to a non-employee to spot a railcar in specific location

  • Mt. Nebo Baptist Life Center, Inc. v. Abbey Lending, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-23
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Freeman, Chelsea Freeman Dease, Bobby Hill, (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City, Gregory Taube, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbrough, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Graham, (Graham Legal, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Cameron, (Cameron Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0291

    Court affirms default judgment in dispossessory action and denies lessee's motion to open default, concluding that dispossessory statutes are clear in requiring a response in 7 days

  • Buchanan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Lowe, (Assistant Public Defender), Ringgold, Jonathan Hamrick, (Cox Byington Twyman LLP), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Natalee Staats, (Assistant District Attorney - Floyd County), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0475

    Court reverses sex offender registration conviction because the State failed to present sufficient evidence of the time frame for the violation

  • Fun Spot America of Atlanta, Inc. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2024-04-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Strickland, Kelly Chartash, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Je'Nita Lane, (The J. Lane Law Group, P.C.), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1463

    Court reverses denial of amusement park's motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case, finding that park patron assumed the risk of injury in a go-kart collision incident

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  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathleen Anderson, (Attorney at Law), Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Andrew Brill, (Barrow County District Attorney’s Office), Winder, Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1683

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for attempted kidnapping but reverses convictions for attempt to entice a child and simple assault due to insufficient evidence

  • Logan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Withers, (Withers Law Firm PC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Breedon, Daphne Totten, (Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Springfield, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1661

    Court affirms re-indictment of pharmacist on drug charges, denying his challenges based on double jeopardy and statute of limitations, and rejecting claims of prosecutorial misconduct

  • Olsen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Clark Palmer, Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: C. Cross, Sherry Boston, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office DeKalb County Courthouse), Decatur, Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1506

    Court reverses police officer's conviction related to use of force policy in a case involving a fatal shooting, but notes that officer may be retried for aggravated assault

  • Marquita Jordan v. H. J. Russell & Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-12
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Rogers, William D’Antignac, Gilbert Deitch, Kara Phillips, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Lynch, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Skyler McDonald, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Tampa, for appellee; Jackson Dial, Shanndor McClain, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC), Atlanta, Grant Schnell, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1387

    Court rules in favor of apartment owners in fatal shooting case, applying landlord-tenant statute because shooting occurred inside an apartment over which defendants had relinquished possession

  • The State v. Huynh

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Brooks, (Office of the Solicitor General of Clayton County), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nam Nguyen, (Nguyen & Pham, LLC), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1326

    Court dismisses State's appeal to trial court's acquittal of a defendant who had been charged with an improper lane change, citing its lack of jurisdiction over the appeal