• McKenney's Inc. et al. v. Sinyard

    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Chapin, (Savell & Williams, L.L.P.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Buck, Juliana Sleeper, (Buck Law Firm), Atlanta, Carrie Christie, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, Robert Burke, (Kalka & Baer), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0204

    Claims in a workers' compensation case were contradicted by allegations in a prior lawsuit

  • A&M Hospitalities, LLC, et al. v. Alimchandani

    Publication Date: 2019-06-12
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Scott, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, Timothy Tanner, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, James Garland, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Scott, (H. Pearce Scott, P.C.), Valdosta, Vineet Roney, (Roney Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0763

    No trial court error in its appointment of a limited receiver to conduct an audit during a judicial dissolution

  • Geer v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-06
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kermit Dorough, (Kermit S. Dorough, Jr., LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Hatcher, Frank Middleton, Charles Wainright, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0588

    Anti-SLAPP Statute Did Not Apply To Defendant's Counterclaim For Attorney Fees

  • Golden Isles Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Lowie

    Publication Date: 2019-05-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Jones, Todd LaDouceur, (Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, P.L.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Billy Jones, Carl Varnedoe, (Jones, Osteen & Jones), Hinesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0291

    Gambling Ship Operator Was Equitably Estopped From Relying on Statute of Limitations as Bar to Personal Injury Suit

  • Love v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Howard Anderson, (Law Office of Howard W. Anderson, III, LLC), Pendleton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Clark, (Enotah Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Cleveland, William Langley, (District Attorney), Blairsville, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1818

    Court denies defendant's enumerations of error and affirms his rape conviction

  • Price v. Grehofsky

    Publication Date: 2019-04-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holle Weiss-Friedman, (Attorney At Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tamara Greyhofsky, Blacksburg, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1475

    Court Affirms Trial Court Order Denying Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights Where Stepmother Claimed Abandonment by Birth Mother but Trial Court Found Father Had Kept Child from Birth Mother

  • Evans v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Teri Brown, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, Kenneth Kondritzer, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1895

    Trial court is not authorized to impose special conditions on criminal sentences

  • The State v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2019-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Oliver Browning, Jordan Stover, (Assistant District Attorney), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Freeman, Rockmart, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1489

    Court affirms dismissal of loitering charges on the basis of a general demurrer

  • Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-04-08
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: S. Malone, Gregory Taube, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbrough, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Webb, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, Orion Webb, Miranda Hanley, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), Stockbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1963

    Homeowners Could Not Maintain Wrongful Foreclosure Action Following Maturation of Debt and Their Failure to Make Any Payments

  • Goodhart et al. v. Atlanta Gas Light Company

    Publication Date: 2019-04-05
    Practice Area: Evidence | Public Utilities | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Shiver, R. Campbell, Alan Hamilton, (Shiver Hamilton, LLC), Atlanta, Angela Fox, Kurt Kastorf, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alexandra Nelson, John McDonald, Russell Rogers, (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Brantley Rowlen, Ronald Masterson, (Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A1965

    Gas Company Had No Duty to Ensure That Gas Connection to Appliance on Private Property Was Properly Secured