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  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Van Thomas, II, (Andrew V. Thomas II, PC), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, George Elemuel Barnhill, Ian Louis Sansot, (Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0647

    Court affirms convictions in a double murder case and rejects claims of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Melancon v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Ann Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Jeanne Dunikoski, Flynn Duncan Broady, Jr., (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1128

    Court vacates conviction for second degree murder and other crimes and clarifies cause in fact and legal causation requirements in murder cases

  • Brock v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Paul Sharp, (Paulding County Public Defender’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Craig Joseph Pake, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anthony Brett Williams, Matthew Wayne Rollins, (Paulding County District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0669

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's challenges to sufficiency of evidence and alleged misstatement of law of self-defense

  • City of Milton v. Chang et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Simon, Tyler Bridgers, (The Simon Law Frim PC), Atlanta, Jed Manton, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Atlanta, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Brookhaven, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0802

    Court affirms $30 million verdict against the City of Milton in fatal accident case, rejecting City's claims of sovereign immunity, and orders pre-judgment interest and nunc pro tunc judgment

  • Adams v. Lee et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kwame Townes, (Townes, Davis & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Maren Cave, Kathryn Robertson, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1345

    Court reverses grant of summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case because injured party was an invitee and not a licensee, which raised a genuine issue of material fact as to duty of care

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  • Mims et al. v. Exclusive Association Management, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-11
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Damages
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Desiree Duke, Timothy Heath, (The Duke Law Firm, LLC.), Carrollton, Daniel Williams, (Coweta Circuit Superior Court), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Carlton, (Carlton Law, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0938

    Court affirms liability for conversion against former employee for conversion but reverses summary judgment against her husband due to lack of evidence to implicate husband in thefts

  • Baker v. Cuthbertson

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslee Hungerford, (O’Dell & O’Neal Attorneys), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Warner Hodges, Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1098

    Court affirms jury verdict and punitive damages in favor of estate executor against deceased party's partner for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty

  • Daniels v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tony Daniels, Douglas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justo Cabral, (Solicitor General), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0980

    Court affirms simple battery conviction but reverses disorderly conduct conviction due to insufficient evidence of "fighting words"

  • In the Interest of D. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Joycelyn Curry, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, Dana Leader, (Fulton County Office of the Child Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1131

    Georgia Court reverses Alabama court's dependency finding due to lack of jurisdiction under UCCJEA

  • In the Matter of L. Elizabeth Lane.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-09
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Gaulden Alderman, III, (Alderman & Hutcherson, LLC), Macon, for appellee; Patrick E. Longan, (Walter F. George School of Law), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: S24Y1213

    Court accepts attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and surrender of her law license, effectively barring her from the practice of law in Georgia