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  • Arroyo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Mitchell Mobley, (Chatham County District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0483

    Court affirms rape conviction over defendant's contentions of jury instruction error regarding consent, insufficiency of evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Troupe v. State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Mitchell, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, James Mitchell, (J Todd Mitchell Law Firm, LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0065

    Court reverses a resentencing order due to improper use of rejected plea admissions in a case involving new charges brought against a defendant who was already serving a probated sentence

  • Woods v. Heath

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Barrow, (Barrow & Ballew, P.C.), Savannah, Thomas Byrne, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard Dolder, James Sadd, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Seth Diamond, (Morgan & Morgan, P.A.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0161

    Court reverses judgment in a car accident case and remands for a new trial due to improper disclosure by plaintiff's counsel of defendant's liability insurance

  • Azizan v. Hajianbarzi

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Fazail Azizan, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Johnson, (Samuel Johnson and Associates), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0542

    Court vacates attorney fees award in case involving a petition for a temporary protective order due to lack of statutory basis for award and dismissal of petition beyond statutory timeframe

  • Meritage Homes of Georgia, Inc. v. Jones et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Scoggins, (Attorney at Law), Cumming, Joseph Mitchell, (Miles Hansford and Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Daughdrill, (Giacoma, Roberts & Daughdrill, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Gregory Jay, (Chandler, Britt & Jay, LLC), Buford, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0001

    Court reverses judgment and remands case for parties to effectuate the litigants' settlement agreement that was finalized after the appellants file their appeal

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  • In the Interest of A. S., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-07-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Smith, (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta, Andrew Powell, (Law Office of Andrew Powell), Cohutta, for appellee; Matthew Thames, (Matthew D. Thames, Attorney at Law), Dalton, Bryan Rayburn, (Coppedge & Associates, PC), Dalton, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0099

    Court affirms placement change for dependent child due to ongoing domestic violence concerns from her mother's husband

  • Padilla-Garcia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0503

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sexual battery and child molestation but vacates overbroad probation condition and remands for resentencing

  • Southern Oil Refinery, LLC et al. v. Gloria Jean Price et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-25
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sharon Horne, Philip Savrin, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, Amanda Matthews, Jessica Seares, (Nall & Miller, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Forster, Terry Jackson, Peter Lampros, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Hall, (Hall & Lampros, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Warren Coppedge, (Coppedge & Associates, P.C.), Dalton, for other party; Robert Roll, (Watkins, Lourie, Roll & Chance, PC), Atlanta, Trent Speckhals, (Speckhals Law, P. C.), Atlanta, Andrew Ashby, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0137

    Court reverses and remands damages judgment in wrongful death case for recalculation because trial court failed to apportion damages properly per statutory requirements

  • In the Interest of M. E. P. S., a Child

    Publication Date: 2024-07-25
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebeca Salmon, (Attorney at Law), Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cathy Lerow, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Other party; Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, T. Fleming, (Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, P.C.), Savannah, Shalen Nelson, Atlanta.
    Case Number: A24A0266

    Court affirms dependency finding but remands case for juvenile court to make findings on special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) status, which affects any return to the child's country of origin

  • Rafac v. Jiangsu Linhai Power Machinery Group Corporation

    Publication Date: 2024-07-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Graham, (G. Roger Land & Associates), Atlanta, G. Land, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Swift, (Andersen, Tate, Carr), Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A0092

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury complaint against ATV manufacturer due to improper service, concluding that a deposition of a registered agent was timely