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  • In the Matter of Nevada Michael Tuggle

    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: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James E. Spence, Jr., (Wilson, Morton & Downs, LLC), Decatur, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, Kevin Bernard Hicks, (The Law Offices of Kevin B. Hicks & Associates LLC), Macon, John Ryd Bush Long, (John R. B. Long, P.C.), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: S24Y1018

    Court disbars Georgia attorney due to multiple disciplinary actions and violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

  • Joseph Poppell et al. v. Cardinal Health Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-08
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James D. Durham, Robert Brian Tanner, (Griffin Durham Tanner & Clarkson LLC), Savannah, John E. Floyd, Jane D. Vincent, Manoj Sam Varghese, Jeffrey Weihao Chen, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Ronald Elridge Harrison, II, (The Harrison Firm), Brunswick, Christopher William Madel, (Madel PA), Minneapolis, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nicholas S. Salter, John J. Haggerty, (Fox Rothschild LLP), Warrington, Stephen Derek Bauer, Christopher A. Wiech, Jacqueline Tandy Menk, (Baker & Hostetler LLP), Atlanta, Christopher Randall Jordan. Randall A. Jordan, (Hunter MaClean Exley & Dunn), St. Simons Island, Harold David Melton, William Alexander Smith, Anaid C. Reyes Kipp, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Amber M. Charles, (Covington and Burling, LLP), Washington, for appellee; Christopher M. Carr, Ross Warren Bergethon, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: S24A0687

    Court affirms jury verdict in favor of drug distributors in an opioid-related negligence lawsuit, and dismisses as moot the distributors' challenge to the constitutionality of a statute

  • Pope v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jomekia Dechelle Pope, (Hays State Prison), Trion, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Anita Reynolds Howard, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Macon,for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0985

    Court affirms denial of defendant's pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea to malice murder because the motion was untimely filed

  • Wyatt v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, Ashleigh Dene Headrick, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Deborah D. Wellborn, Sherry Boston, Jason Matthew Rea, (Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0487

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to admission of evidence of his prior attack against his ex-wife

  • The State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2024-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Christopher M. Carr, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Michael Scott Carlson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Beth Shubow, Cody Jeremiah Jung, (Fulton County Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0623

    Court reverses a decision transferring a case to juvenile court, holding that superior court retained jurisdiction where defendant was reindicted beyond the 180-day statutory window

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  • Vest Monroe, LLC et al. v. John Doe

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leah Ward Sears, Sasha Nina Greenberg, David V. Hayes, Kimberly Logue Woodland, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Edward H. Wasmuth, Jr., (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Robinson Kelly, IV, Caitlin Derst, (Kelly & Kelly LLP), Savannah, Joseph Alan White, Scott Lester Bonder, (Fried Bonder White), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G1224

    Court reverses appellate court and affirms trial court's denial of class certification in a lawsuit against a medical service provider due to lack of typicality among class member claims

  • North American Senior Benefits, LLC v. Wimmer et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-04
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thaddeus David Wilson, Valentin Leppert, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey David Mokotoff, Leslie B. Hartnett, Laura T. Yellig, (Ford & Harrison, LLP), Atlanta, Justin Beecher Connell, (Elarbee Thompson Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Meagan Myers Hanson, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, John Phillip Jett, Kevin Bradford Sears, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant.
    Case Number: S23G1146

    Georgia Supreme Court clarifies that restrictive covenants may be enforceable without express geographic terms if they are reasonable in time, area, and scope

  • Boyd et al. v. Frontier Adjusters, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Selita Boyd, Eloise Boyd, Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marc Bardack, P. Freed, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, Leslie Eason, (Barnes & Thornburg LLP), Atlanta, Vernon Hill, Canon Corbitt, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Evan Szczepanski, Atlanta, for appellee; Marc Bardack, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Grace Callanan, (Burr & Forman, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0966

    Court vacates dismissal of appeal due to lack of factual findings on delay in payment of appellate costs

  • The State v. Meadows

    Publication Date: 2024-10-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Gammage, Steven Rosenberg, (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, Kali Wills, (Office of the Public Defender), Stoncrest, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1083

    Court affirms dismissal of weapons charge due to insufficient accusation under Georgia law

  • State v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2024-10-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mike Carlson, Fani Willis, Kevin Armstrong, John Melvin, Jayna Edwards, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mide Olaloye, Newnan, for appellee; John Melvin, (District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0801

    Court reverses exclusion of evidence produced by State after a discovery deadline in a burglary case, finding that the State's delay did not reflect bad faith