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  • Chappuis et al. v. Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians Savannah, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-03-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert E. Baker, Mark G. Trigg, Mark Adam Silver, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yasha Heidari, Yenniffer Steffany Delgado, (Heidari Power Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0756

    Court Clarifies Standard for Striking Pleadings under §9-11-12 (f) and Remands to Allow Trial Court to Apply Standard

  • Chambers v. Hall, Warden

    Publication Date: 2019-03-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, Leslie Lyon Cadle, Mathew Gilbo, (Mercer Law School), Macon, Ivy Neal Cadle, (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.), Macon, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Min-soo Youn, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1322

    Aggravated Assault Merged Into Armed Robbery Where Crimes Were Part of Same Act or Transaction

  • Morgan County v. May

    Publication Date: 2019-03-15
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: S18A1622

    Property Owner's Use of House For Short-Term Rentals Was Grandfathered Under Prior Void-For-Vagueness Zoning Ordinance

  • Virger v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Scott Key, Kayci Nicole Timmons, (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Ryan Reese Leonard, Sean Alexander Garrett, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1538

    Murder and child sexual abuse convictions affirmed over multiple challenges from defendants

  • Battle v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Randall Scarborough, (Stephen R. Scarborough, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Jason Matthew Rea, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Teri Brown Walker, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1445

    Murder and child cruelty convictions affirmed

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  • State of Georgia et al. v. International Indemnity Co. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-21
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey William Stump, Christopher M. Carr, Isaac Byrd, Daniel Stephen Walsh, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas J. Gallo, Lora Rachel Lerman, Brian Casey, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, Alexander Fraser Denton, Richard L. Robbins, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18G0493

    Court Affirms Order Allowing Claims for Attorney's Fees against Private Parties but Reverses Order Allowing Claims Against State on Sovereign Immunity Grounds

  • Worthen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-02-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clifford Louis Kurlander, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Stephany Julissa Luttrell, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1212

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Claimed That State Failed to Prove Venue When Shooting Took Place Near County Border, Overruling Series of Cases That Had Prohibited Jury from Finding Venue Based on Circumstantial Evidence

  • Bennett v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-01-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin H. Eaves, Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Waycross, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1157

    Court Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Killed His Ex-wife and Burned Her Body to Cover Up His Crime but Later Claimed Accident and Self-Defense

  • Hightower v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Z Brown, (The Moore Brown Law Group, P.C.) Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Vanessa Therese Sassano (Department of Law), Atlanta; Teri Brown Walker, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, Deputy D.A., (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee
    Case Number: S18A1238

    No merger of separate assault and aggravated battery convictions where each act caused separate injuries.

  • Kirby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Presiding Justice Nahmias
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Karl Hube, (The Hube Law Firm, PC), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Deputy, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Samuel H. Altman, District Attorney, John Alexander Fitzner, III, Chief A.D.A., Jessica Black Wilson, A.D.A., (Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Swainsboro, Lyons, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A0936

    Affirms Conviction of Murderer Who Killed Intended Rape Victim