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  • Armstrong v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Roch, (The Roch Law Firm, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Vaughn, Keely Pitts, (Oconee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0334

    Court vacates order granting an out-of-time appeal to convictions for sale and possession of cocaine and remands with instructions to dismiss the motion

  • Pickens v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Tristan Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0042

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated child molestation and other crimes over defendant's challenges to search warrant and admission of his custodial statements

  • Ligon v. Hu

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, John Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Wilensky, (Michael S. Wilensky LLC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Jane Vincent, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laurie Daniel, John Hall, (Holland & Knight), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, Paul Trainor, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1296

    Court reverses order granting a motion to enforce a settlement in a personal injury matter because acceptance of the settlement did not comply with the offer's terms

  • North Atlanta Golf Operations, LLC et al. v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Social Media
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Hallman, Richard Wingate, (Hallman & Wingate, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. McCurdy, (Law Office of W. Phillip McCurdy, LLC), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1525

    Court reverses summary judgment for defendant as to plaintiff's claim for libel and related claims for damages, fees and an injunction, but affirms as to tortious interference

  • Roth v. Crafton

    Publication Date: 2022-04-11
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hannah Mitchell, Villa Rica, for appellant.
    for defendant: Desiree Duke, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1486

    Court affirms denial of motion to modify child support order because petitioner did not include a transcript of superior court hearing to support his argument

  • Bethune v. Bethune

    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dwight Feemster, (Duffy & Feemster, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Gerard, Robert Lingle, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1659

    Banking Records Predating Effective Date of Power Attorney Were Relevant In Action Challenging Agent's Conduct

  • Bland v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Lockwood, (Office of the Public Defender Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1547

    Trial Court's Error in Proceeding With Critical Stages of Trial in Defendant's Absence Required Reversal of Conviction

  • Brantley et al. v. Jones et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Pierce, (J Wayne Pierce, P.A.), Duluth, Kyle White, (White Davis and White Law Firm), Anderson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harvey Gray, Alexandra Joseph, (Gray Rust St Amand Moffett & Brieske LLP), Atlanta, Jason Waymire, Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1251

    In a negligence case involving a detainee suicide, court affirms summary judgment in favor of City and an officer on sovereign immunity, but reverses as to other officers

  • Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company v. Richardson

    Publication Date: 2022-04-05
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Luskin, Samantha Mullis, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Miguel Dominguez, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta Pllc), Atlanta, Anna Cross, (The Cross Firm LLC), Decatur, Meredith Kincaid, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; Karolynn Harris, Karolynn Harris, (Worsham, Corsi, Scott & Knighten), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1218

    Court interprets endorsement language in an auto policy against an insurer and rules that it does not limit underinsured motorist benefits available to an insured party

  • Griggs v. Miller et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Gnann, (Gannam, Gnann & Steinmetz LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pamela Coleman, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1366

    Court reverses trial court order and rules that a lienholder cannot initiate foreclosure proceedings after expiration of seven-year reversionary period after maturity date of debt