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  • Premier Eye Associates, P.C. v. MAG Mutual Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2020-07-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Douglass, (Sites & Harbison, PLLC), Atlanta, Willis Green, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Semra Kebede, (Law Offices of W. Bryant Green, III, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay Barber, Janis Spillers, (Litchfield Cavo, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0373

    Insurance Company Did Not Waive Contractual Limitations Period For Filing Suit By Engaging in Misleading Conduct

  • Alexander v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicholas White, (Attorney at Law), Nicholas White, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman, Kelly Weathers, (Middle Judicial Circuit - District Attorney), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0293

    Court affirms a convictions for felony fleeing over defendant's objections to sufficiency of evidence and trial court error in failing to act as a thirteenth juror

  • Brooks v. Hayden

    Publication Date: 2020-06-23
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Vickie Poliard, (The Poliard Law Firm, LLC), Morrow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Auld, (Attorney at Law), Snellville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0564

    Trial Court Erred in Failing to Provide a Statutory or Factual Basis for an Award of Attorneys' Fees; Award Is Remanded for Explanation of Underlying Basis

  • Thompkins, et al. v. Gonzalez-Nunez

    Publication Date: 2020-06-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Coleman, (Ronald R. Coleman, Jr., P. C.), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruben Cruz, (Cruz & Associates), Atlanta, Richard Taylor, (Taylor & Viers,P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0522

    Trial Court in Negligence Action Erred in Rejecting Employer's Assumption-of-the-Risk Defense; Injured Employee Had Specific Knowledge of the Work

  • Smith v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-06-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sarah Prince, (Middle Circuit Public Defender's Office), Swainsboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kevin Majeska, Henry Syms, (District Attorney, Augusta Jud. Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0513

    Court affirms riot and assault convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and trial court error

  • Gwinnett County, GA v. Ashby

    Publication Date: 2020-05-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tuwanda Williams, Tracy Lettsome, (Gwinnett County Law Department), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Semra Kebede, Anthony Showell (Law Office of W. Bryant Green, III, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee. Craig White, (Skedsvold and White, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0602

    Personal Injury Plaintiff Failed to Establish That County Waived its Sovereign Immunity Under the Recreational Property Act

  • Miranda v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), David T. Lock, LLC for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, (District Attorney), Savannah, Jennifer Parker, (Assistant District Attorney), Port Wentworth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0044

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated child molestation and other crimes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and venue.

  • Gresham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Luke Martin, (Floyd County District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0279

    Trial Court Failed to Conduct a 'Thirteenth Juror' Review When it Denied Defendant's Motion for a New Trial; Judgment Vacated and Remanded

  • Doe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Miller, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Erin Donohue-Koehler, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, Lisa Moultrie, (Assistant Solicitor General), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2378

    Acquitted Defendant Failed to Show He Suffered Harm From County's Continuing Failure to Seal His Arrest Records

  • In Re Estate of Louise Ray Burkhalter

    Publication Date: 2020-04-15
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Davis, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jenny Walker, Stuart Walker, Amy Fletcher, (Martin Snow, LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2056

    Parties Objecting to Probate Proceeding Could Petition For Accounting or Removal of Executor Without Violating No-Contest Clause