Cedra Mayfield

October 18, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"We found ourselves in unchartered territory while taking on a global leader of an emerging technology, and success depended on our ability to combine recently enacted environmental regulations with centuries-old legal theories like trespass and nuisance," said plaintiff counsel Jackson McDonald of McDonald & Cody in Alto, Georgia.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

October 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"[I]f the process defense is meritorious, as it is here, the default judgment must be set aside," read the Supreme Court of Georgia opinion.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

October 17, 2024 | Litigation Daily

Several of the recent Women, Influence, and Power in Law Conference honorees offered thoughts about addressing gender disparities in the legal industry.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 16, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"They offered one one-hundredth of the verdict," said prevailing plaintiff counsel Daniel J. Moriarty of Moriarty Injury Law. "That's important because everyone talks about verdicts in Georgia, but what people need to talk about is the fact that these verdicts happen because these insurance companies don't protect their insureds, and they lowball plaintiffs even in strong cases."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

October 15, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"[T]he jury saw that her death could have been avoided by better policing and police policies, which would have also protected the safety of the public," said plaintiff counsel Andrew Lampros of Hall & Lampros.

By Cedra Mayfield

5 minute read

October 14, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"This decision helps clarify a nuanced area of the law that deals with exceptions to the applicability of the Worker's Compensation Act," said prevailing plaintiff-appellant counsel Daniel C. Beer of Smith Beer Law.

By Cedra Mayfield

8 minute read

October 11, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting judicial candidate nominations and applications to fill a new judgeship on the State Court of Paulding County created by House Bill 1466.

By Cedra Mayfield

3 minute read

October 10, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"We were pleased that the jury was able to appreciate the egregiousness of the defendants' conduct and compensate our clients for what they went through," said plaintiff counsel David C. Rayfield of Waldrep, Mullin, & Callahan in Columbus. "If nothing else, we hoped a verdict of this magnitude would stop similar unlawful conduct from occurring."

By Cedra Mayfield

7 minute read

October 09, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The judge's "conduct ... amounts to willful misconduct in office; a willful and persistent failure to perform the duties of office," according to the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia charging document.

By Cedra Mayfield

4 minute read

October 08, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"This is not the first time that BioLab's negligence has exposed the surrounding community, and it is a shame that members of this community are suffering because of it," said plaintiff counsel Rhon Jones of Beasley Allen in Montgomery, Alabama.

By Cedra Mayfield | Mason Lawlor

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