• Torres v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Carter, (Walton County Public Defender's Office Walton County Annex), Monroe, appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, (District Attorney), Covington, Jacqueline Fletcher, (Walton County District Attorney's Office), Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1989

    Court affirms defendant's rape and other convictions but remands case for resentencing on incest convictions

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

    Publication Date: 2020-02-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government | Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vincent Hyman, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Jensen, (Jensen Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2396

    MARTA Act mandated that Joint-Tortfeasor Personal Injury Suit Against MARTA be Heard by Fulton County Superior Court

  • Mitchell v. Capehart

    Publication Date: 2020-02-07
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Chad Greer, (VanLanduyt Giles Greer, LLC), Decatur, Denise VanLanduyt, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2139

    Trial Court Was Not Authorized to Dismiss Custody Modification Petition

  • United Cerebral Palsy of Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-24
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Bracken, Eric Taylor, Laura Wagner, Ra Amen, (Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP), Atlanta, Daniel Millman, (Hunton & Williams LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Alloy, Joshua Belinfante, Alexander Denton, Joseph Saul, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Annette Cowart, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Michelle LeGrande, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2203

    Department of Community Health Needs to Clarify its Rationale for Decision in Dispute Over Medicaid Reimbursements to Service Providers

  • In the Interest of C.B., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Vaughn, Nicolas Parkerson, (District Attorney's Office - Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Kenner, (Law Offices of Robert Kenner, Jr.), Stone Mountain, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2095

    Police Officer Lacked Reasonable Suspicion to Stop Juvenile Who Smelled of Marijuana Absent Showing of Training and Experience In Marijuana Odor Detection

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  • Barrow v. Dunn et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-10
    Practice Area: Environmental Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Schwartz, (Jon L. Schwartz, Attorney at Law, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Isaac Byrd, (Deputy Attorney General), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Suzanne Osborne, (Department of Law), Atlanta, John Hennelly, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, James Coots, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Ray Smith, (Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, for other party.

    Case Number: A17A1385

    Georgia's environmental laws and regulations do not require an antidegradation analysis for issuance of permits for nonpoint source discharges of wastewater

  • Head v. De Souse

    Publication Date: 2020-01-06
    Practice Area: Damages | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Bryant, Wayne Tartline, (Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: William Smith, Brent McIntosh, Summit Tucker, (W. Calvin Smith, II, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2284

    Bright Sunlight in Motorist's Face Did Not Support Act-of-God Defense to Vehicular Tort Claim

  • Reason v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Justin Phillips, (Attorney At Law Chatham County District Attorney's Office), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2272

    Trial Court Did Not Err In Its Instruction as to How Jury Should Consider Lesser-Included Offense

  • Andrews v. Blue Ridge NH Associates, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Katz, Briant Mildenhall, (Katz, Stepp, Wright, & Fleming), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Graham, Howard Reese, Jacob Raehn, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, Jonathan Bledsoe, Brittany Dant, (The Minor Firm), Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1916

    Court reverses dismissal of defendants because plaintiff did not have an opportunity to conduct discovery, and vacates and remands the matter for further review

  • Agsouth Farm Credit, ACA v. West et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-17
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Aaron, George Rountree, (Brown Rountree & Stewart PC), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bobby Jones, (Jones & Smith, P.C.), Metter, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0964

    Court vacates, reverses, and remands the denial of a lender's summary judgment motion on fiduciary duty and other claims from prospective borrowers