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  • Simmons v. Flint, Connolly & Walker, LLP et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-13
    Practice Area: Legal Malpractice | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Akin, S. Tate, (Akin & Tate, LLC), Cartersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Frisch, Caroline Scalf, (Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell), Atlanta, for appellee; William Lester, Charles Pollack, (Fryer, Shuster & Lester, P.C.), Atlanta, Monica Gilroy, (The Gilroy Firm), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0732

    Buyer's Attorney Had No Duty to Non-Client to Ensure Real Estate Transaction Accorded With Non-Client's Understanding

  • Smith et al. v. Millsap et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-10
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure | Court Administration
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Holm, (Blaska Holm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Millsap, Atlanta, Aaron Clark, (Kan Clark, LLP), Atlanta, Halsey Knapp, Jessica Cino, (Krevolin Horst, Inc.), Atlanta, David Houtsma, (David Houtsma Law Firm LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0651

    Trial Court Properly Disbursed Registry Funds Based on Attorney's Lien After Arbitrator Rejected Attorney's Fee Claim

  • Richards v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-10-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Whitney Baker, Thomas Church, (The Church Law Firm, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0821

    Circumstantial Evidence Supported Armed Robbery Convictions

  • The State v. Jackson et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, Scott Estes, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, Robert Greenwald, Jeffrey Sliz, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Tyler Conklin, (Conklin Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0776

    Court dismisses State's appeal to an order excluding evidence from a criminal trial because it lacked jurisdiction over the appeal.

  • Alligood et al. v. Piedmont Medical Care Corporation, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-10-04
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph King, (Joseph H. King, Jr. P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Bendin, Kathleen Simcoe, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1039

    Court affirms jury verdict and judgment in favor of a service provider in a malpractice case and rejects plaintiff's contentions of anti-science bias by the jurors

  • Hatchett v. McCain Property Care, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-09-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Cathey, Thomas Hatchett, (Cathey & Strain, LLC), Cornelia, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, Megan Quisao, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1076

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a repair company in a premises liability case where plaintiff failed to point to evidence showing the repair company's negligence

  • White v. Westlake Financial Services

    Publication Date: 2023-09-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cristina Kaiden, Robert Kaiden, (Kaiden & Kaiden, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Brooks, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0830

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss for statute of limitations reasons, finding that a plaintiff's second complaint was not a renewal action under the applicable statute

  • Doe v. Vest Monroe, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-15
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Bonder, Joseph White, (730 Peachtree Street, NE), Atlanta, Roy Kelly, Caitlin Derst, (Kelly & Kelly LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kimberly Woodland, Kathleen Broyles, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0605

    Court reverses denial of a motion for class certification in a case involving unauthorized disclosure of more 1,415 patient medical treatment records

  • In the Interest of K. B., et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Tucker, (The Law Offices of J Nichole Tucker, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Abbott, (Special Assistant Attorney General), Decatur, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, Emily Harris, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Jamila Fair, Decatur, for appellee; LaShanda Lennon, (Lennon Family Law LLC), Snellville, April Hall, Austell, Chandra Wilson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Amy Cole, (DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0355

    Court rejects a father's challenge to a juvenile court fining that his twin children are dependent, have been neglected, and are in need of court protection

  • The State v. Wood

    Publication Date: 2023-08-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randal McGinley, (Newton County District Attorney’s Office), Covington, Lacey Majors, (Walton County District Attorney’s Office), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0310

    Court dismisses the State's appeal to a not guilty judgment from a bench trial on charges of criminal invasion of privacy because the State had no right to appeal