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  • Gibson v. Gibson

    Publication Date: 2024-12-30
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Tanya Graham, (The Law Office of Tanya Mitchell Graham, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Gleklen, (The Gleklen Law Firm, LLC), Peachtree Corners, William Alexander, (Richardson Bloom & Lines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; David DeLugas, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A1774

    Court affirms high-value award in a divorce case over husband's objections to excessiveness of award and challenges based on due process considerations

  • Albright et al. v. Terminal Investment Corporation

    Publication Date: 2024-12-30
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Savage, Zachary Sprouse, (Savage Turner Durham Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Roberts, (Oliver Maner), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1191

    Court reverses summary judgment in favor of defendant in a negligence case, finding fact issues regarding causation that are for resolution by the jury

  • Bucher v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2024-12-27
    Practice Area: Family Law | Trusts and Estates
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin O'Sullivan, (Cohen Pollock Merlin Turner P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Foust, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1457

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of an estate executor on enforcement of divorce decree, citing incorrect statute of limitations and laches application

  • The State v. Simpson

    Publication Date: 2024-12-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Cliff Head, Joseph Smothers, (Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jackie Patterson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1468

    Court reverses quashing of accusation for fleeing and eluding, finding that the language in the charge sufficiently tracked the statute to withstand a general demurrer

  • Greathouse v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Cathey, (Law Office of Adam C. Cathey), Ringgold, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clayton Fuller, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, Zachary Trippe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1757

    Court vacates order revoking a petitioner's probation. citing due process violations due to revocation without a hearing and clarifying limitations on waivers

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  • Howard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Donnelly, (Western Circuit Public Defender's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, Burke Doherty, Brandon Thompson, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Athens, John Regan, (Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia), Morrow, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1488

    Court vacates superior court guilt and sentencing judgments in a gang activity for lack of subject matter jurisdiction over juvenile offenses

  • Iyer v. Prism Hsh Properties, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Entities | Family Law
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jason Alloy, Edward Bedard, (Robbins Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, James Hicks, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lea Dearing, (Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1758

    Court reverses dismissal of corporate mismanagement claims and vacates attorney fee and expense award in a post-divorce business dispute

  • Peterman v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-12-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Padgett
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, Melissa Akins, (DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elaine Thompson, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1381

    Court affirms convictions for sexual assault offenses against minor, rejecting merger, sufficiency, and evidentiary challenges

  • Nofree, LLC v. The State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2024-12-23
    Practice Area: Environmental Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melinda White, Brunswick, Brian Lea, David Nahmias, Sarah Welch, (Jones Day), Atlanta, William Ligon, (Ligon, Middleton & Lindberg, P.C.), Brunswick, Lloyd Murray, (Lloyd D. Murray, Sr., Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Margaret Eckrote, Andrea Hartung, Robin Leigh, (Attorney General), Atlanta, James Chamberlin, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee; Charles Dixon, (Attorney at Law), Richmond Hill, Tiffany Billings, (Atlantic Circuit Superior Court), Hinesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0969

    Court rules marshland title remains with the State under Protection of Tidewaters Act, notwithstanding contradictory land grant that purported to divest land to a private owner

  • Lowe Construction and Development, LLC et al. v. Hudgins et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-12-23
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, George Green, Zachary Waldrop, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eugene Benton, (Benton & Preston, P.C.), Monroe, William Waters, (Ballard, Stephenson & Waters), Covington, for appellee; Brian Linkowski, (Fidelity National Law Group), Atlanta, Thomas Richelo, (Richelo Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Epps, (Epps, Holloway, DeLoach & Hoipkemier, LLC), Watkinsville, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A1647

    Court reverses denial of a motion to compel arbitration in property boundary dispute, emphasizing broad scope of arbitration clause in a land purchase agreement