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  • Robinson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Radford, (Radford & Keebaugh), Decatur, Zachary Panter, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0729

    Court reverses denial of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits due to direct COVID-19 impact on petitioner's ability to maintain his employment

  • Miller v. Wilcoxson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Brant, (Colom and Brant), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Cross, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, Thomas Sampson, Ebonei Simpkins, (Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0607

    Court reverses apportionment of settlement proceeds in a wrongful death case due to trial court's lack of jurisdiction to issue an apportionment order after the case was dismissed

  • In the Interest of A. E., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Nathan Hayes, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Ronald Richards, (The Law Office of Ronald M. Richards & Associates, LLC), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1018

    Court reverses juvenile court's order that granted temporary custody of a minor child to DFCS, citing insufficient evidence of parental unfitness, and remans case for an evidentiary hearing

  • Barnes v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

    Publication Date: 2024-09-24
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashley Cameron, (Dozier Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Smith, Jeremy Willis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman), Valdosta, for appellee; William Anderson, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0852

    Court reverses summary judgment for a Lyft rideshare liability insurer and allows an injured party to maintain a direct action against the insurer under the Georgia Motor Carrier Act

  • The State v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Jackson, Robert Hunnicutt, (Carroll County Solicitor's Office), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Preston Haliburton, (Haliburton Law Firm), Atlanta, Jeffery Dickerson, (Attorney at Law), Kennesaw, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1042

    Court reverses trial court's order granting defendant's plea in bar to DUI charges, finding that payment of fines did not raise double jeopardy issues

  • Dial v. Burge

    Publication Date: 2024-09-23
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Harding, (Attorney at Law), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeAnne Cooper, (Petrelli Previtera, LLC), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0885

    Court reverses dismissal of petition for child support modification based on alleged income loss where petition was filed within an exception of the two-year limitation in OCGA § 19-6-15 (k) (2)

  • City of Atlanta v. Perkins

    Publication Date: 2024-09-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Reilly, Margaret Mathis, William Smith, Mark Bailey, (Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dwight Chamberlin, William Gray, (Gray King Chamberlin & Martineau LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, Seth Lowry, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0695

    Court affirms spoliation sanctions against City of Atlanta in a negligence action, and affirms trial court's decision to overturns attorney fees award due to a procedural deficiency

  • The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Turner et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-19
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hall, Jacquelyn Clarke, Austin Atkinson, Pearson Cunningham, Michael Profit, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Randolph Powell, Alexander Vey, (Huff Powell & Bailey), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tracey Dellacona, (Dellacona Law Firm), Macon, Caleb Walker, Katherine McArthur, Lindsey Macon, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellee; Jason Bring, (Arnall, Golden, Gregory), Atlanta, William Rissler, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Lisa Churvis, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Heistand & Prout), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0378

    Court affirms $9.2 million jury verdict for medical malpractice and wrongful death, rejecting defendants' arguments as to causation and excess damages

  • Long v. City of Madison

    Publication Date: 2024-09-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0985

    Court reverses superior court decision that had denied an appeal to a probate court order and remands with directions to dismiss the appeal due to jurisdictional Issues

  • Freeman v. Freeman

    Publication Date: 2024-09-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A0805

    Court vacates an attorney fees award in a divorce case and remands for proper consideration of the parties' financial circumstances under OCGA § 19-6-2