• Sitterli v. Csachi

    Publication Date: 2018-03-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Hicks (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville; Stephen Mackie (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raluca Hanea (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville; Ecaterina Csachi, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1509

    Unjust Enrichment and Quantum Meruit Claim Both Failed For Failure to Show Expectation of Compensation

  • In The Interest Of K. G., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosalind Watkins (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Talia Nurse, Christy Draper (Attorney at Law), Douglasville; Timothy MacMillan (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellee. Deidre Ricks (The Ricks Law Firm LLC), Douglasville; Thinel Bishop (The Bishop Law Group), Villa Rica, for other party.

    Case Number: A17A1519

    There was clear and convincing evidence supporting the juvenile court's finding that the appointment of a permanent guardian was in the child's best interests.

  • Outz v. State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David White (District Attorney), Hartwell; Michael Coveney (District Attorney's Office of the Northern Judicial Circuit), Danielsville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1952

    Jury Could Infer From Circumstantial Evidence That Family ViolenceVictim Was Not Defendant's Sibling

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William McQueen (McQueen Law Office LC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Chafin (Assistant District Attorney Western Judicial Circuit), Athens; Kenneth Mauldin (District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A2064

    The evidence supported defendant's conviction for, inter alia, one count of child molestation, in which he was alleged to have masturbated in front of his 13-year-old stepson, despite the boy's trial testimony that he closed his eyes when defendant pulled out his penis, because it was not necessary for the victim to actually see defendant masturbate and there was evidence from which the jury could infer that defendant masturbated in the boys presence.

  • Briscoe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Brandenburg (Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kenneth Mauldin (District Attorney), Athens; Brian Patterson (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1883

    Motion to Suppress Properly Denied Over Claims as to Corroboration Failure, Lack of Probable Cause to Search, and Stale Information

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  • Lang v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals, Fifth Division
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Overocker (Office of the Public Defender Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Peter Skandalakis (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow; John Cranford (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1483

    Bifurcation of Charges Properly Denied Where Firearm Possession Charge Was Material to Charge of Criminal Gang Activity

  • State Of Georgia et al. v. International Indemnity Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-09
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Deputy Attorney General, Daniel S. Walsh, Jeffrey W. Stump, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Sarah H. Warren, Solicitor-General, for State of Georgia et al.
    for defendant: Barnes & Thornburg, Thomas J. Gallo, for International Indemnity Company et al. Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, Richard L. Robbins, Alexander F. Denton, for Regulatory Technologies, Inc.

    Case Number: A17A1195

    The trial court erred in finding that the State of Georgia waived sovereign immunity under the Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Act as to claims for payment of administrative expenses and attorney fees.

  • Hughes v. First Acceptance Insurance Company Of Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Swope Rodante, Brandon G. Cathey, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dentons US, J. Stephen Berry, J. Randolph Evans, Robin N. Johnson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0735

    The trial court erred in granting summary judgment to insurer on plaintiff's claim alleging that insurer was liable for failing to settle an insurance claim, because genuine issues of material fact remained, but properly granted summary judgment to insurer on plaintiff's claims for attorney fees and punitive damages, because plaintiff failed to point to any evidence of bad faith or willful or wanton conduct.

  • Rogers v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: The Ratchford Firm, Warren E. Ratchford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Duane Morris, Steven D. Ginsburg, Kenneth B. Franklin, for appellees.

    Case Number: A17A1256

    The Court reversed the denial of defendant's motion to vacate an order substituting a new plaintiff; vacated the orders substituting the new plaintiff, granting summary judgment to the new plaintiff, and requiring defendant to post a supersedeas bond as a condition for the stay of enforcement of the summary judgment order; and remanded the case for further proceedings, finding that the trial court made an error of law and failed to exercise its discretion in substituting the new plaintiff.

  • Kea v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-02-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darrell Reynolds (Darrell B. Reynolds, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Putnam (Clayton County Solicitor General), Jonesboro; Tasha Mosley (Solicitor General), Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A1555

    The evidence did not support defendant's conviction for use of a license plate to conceal the identity of a vehicle pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 40-2-5 subsection (a) because the revalidation decal on defendant's vehicle was stolen from another vehicle, not the license plate, and that statute only covers license plates, not revalidation decals; however, the evidence did support defendant's convictions for sexual battery and pandering.