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  • Campbell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Shalena Cook Jones, Lyle Burnham, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, Gabriel Adam Justus, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0578

    Court affirms multiple gang-related murder convictions despite errors in admissible evidence, deeming the errors to be harmless in view of overwhelming evidence of the defendants' guilt

  • Mohar v. Leguizamo et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-20
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph Villani, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacob Raehn, Sandra Cianflone, (MMPO Defense), Atlanta, for appellee; Lance Gowens, (The Gowens Law Firm, LLC), Cumming, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1135

    Court affirms dismissal of medical malpractice lawsuit due to statute of limitation, which began when plaintiff first manifested symptoms, and rejects plaintiff's continuous treatment argument

  • Moore v. White, Warden et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Julian Daniel, (Law Offices of Robert DanieL, LLC), Atlanta, Rodney Alan Williams, (Law Office of Rodney A. Williams), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Whitener Hamilton, (Plunkett, Hamilton, Manton & Graves, LLP), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22A1326

    Court reverses denial of a habeas petition, finding that petitioner had received ineffective assistance of counsel, and vacates burglary conviction and remands for appropriate relief

  • Titshaw et al. v. Geer et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Ryan Peacock, (Hotchkiss Hoffecker Peacock, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Barclay Brown, Austin Atkinson, Sarah Meghan Pittman, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Christine Lupo Mast, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Linley Jones, Angela Marie Forstie, (Linley Jones, PC), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G1124

    Court clarifies application of statute of limitations for breach-of-contract claims in a legal malpractice dispute

  • Barnes et al. v. Tillery

    Publication Date: 2024-11-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Barnes, Stewart Barnes, Benjamin Barnes, Kaitlyn Barnes, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Anderson, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0699

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss an action to void a property transfer case because the action was time-barred under the Uniform Voidable Transactions Act

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  • Morris et al. v. Sumter County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-19
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ralph Simpson, (Simpson Mediation Service), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: Raleigh Rollins, (Alexander & Vann LLP), Thomasville, Hayden Hooks, (Attorney at Law), Americus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0826

    On remand, the court reversed its prior opinion, found implied acceptance of a duty by Sumter County to repair and maintain subdivision roads, and reversed a trial court ruling to the contrary

  • Georgia Department of Public Safety et al. v. Cleapor

    Publication Date: 2024-11-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Boyter, Christopher Carr, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Zachary Procter, (Procter Law, P.C.), Lawrenceville, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, Andrew Gebhardt, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), Stockbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1071

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss a personal injury case, finding that plaintiff had failed to provide a timely ante litem notice to the correct government entity

  • Sowell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Kyle Bowland, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Dawsonville, Conley Greer, (Dawson County District Attorney’s Office), Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0949

    Court affirms DUI-related convictions for vehicular homicide and other crimes over defendant's challenge to admission of certain expert testimony and contentions of insufficient evidence

  • Humble v. Opendoor Property J., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Contracts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Carter, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, Julie Liberman, (Julie A. Liberman, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Linkowski, (Fidelity National Law Group), Atlanta, for appellee; John Baker, (Attorney at Law), Athens, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0823

    Court reverses summary judgment in property collateral dispute, highlighting contract interpretation over a scrivener's error and open issues of fact that precluded summary judgment

  • Health Services of Central Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Wanna

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Brennan, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jared Miller, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP), Atlanta, Julia Magda, (Magda Law, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Cochran, Sarah Gordon, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Franklin Gaddy, (Martin Snow LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0909

    Court affirms mixed rulings in a contract and employment dispute between a physician and his employer, and remands attorney fees determination