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  • Tapplin v. Tapplin

    Publication Date: 2024-11-29
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A1164

    As part of a property division in a divorce proceeding, court affirms award of her full retirement account to the wife but vacates and remands property division relating to equity in a house

  • Frady v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A24A1011

    Court reverses convictions for burglary and other crimes due to trial court's improper admission of "other acts" evidence regarding defendant's character

  • Smith v. Blackhall Real Estate, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-29
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Holm, (Blaska Holm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Trigg, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Maxwell Jonesl (Fellows LaBriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1144

    Court affirms arbitration award in an employment dispute between an attorney and the entity that hired him as in-house counsel

  • Diaz v. Thweatt et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-28
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Curtright, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1062

    Court enforces settlement in a motor vehicle accident case, finding that insurer's response to the injured parties' counteroffer met the legal requirements for acceptance under OCGA § 9-11-67.1

  • McCauley v. Powell et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-11-28
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Personal Injury
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mari Myer, (The Myer Law Firm), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Bailey, (The Mabra Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1102

    Court partially affirms and partially vacates summary judgment in a defamation and civil RICO case and remands for further proceedings on the RICO claim

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  • Faulkner v. Cotes

    Publication Date: 2024-11-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Gardial, (Grisham, Poole & Carlile, P.C.), Canton, Sarah Illg, (Teague Law), East Ellijay, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Weaver, (Law Office of George W. Weaver), Jasper, for appellee.
    Case Number: A24A1073

    Court vacates trial court order on a child custody modification due to inadequate findings of fact and remands for more detailed findings and clarification of how those findings support the order

  • Espinosa v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon A. Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hillm, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Clayton McLean Fuller, Bruce Edward Roberts, Herbert E. Franklin, Jr, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A1090

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea to malice murder, finding that plea counsel did not provide ineffective assistance but made strategic counsel decisions

  • Harris et al. v. Martin

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryce Durham, Anthony Jones, (Durham Law Group, PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Erick Bacon, Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A24A0758

    Court reverses dog attack lability verdict due to insufficient evidence of owner's knowledge over whether the dog had previously attacked someone

  • In the Matter of Curtis Lee Allen

    Publication Date: 2024-11-27
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Curtis Lee Allen, (Bush Ross PA), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, William Dallas NeSmith, Andreea N. Morrison, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S25Y0025

    Court accepts attorney's amended petition for reciprocal discipline and imposes a ten-day suspension after attorney was found to have violated Florida Rules of Practice

  • Wipfel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Warren
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ahmad R. Crews, (The Law Office of Ahmad R. Crews, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Beth Attaway Burton, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hillm, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Daniel Patrick Bibler, Anita Reynolds Howard, Neil Alan Halvorson, Cynthia Trimboli Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0835

    Court affirms murder conviction, holding that trial court did not err when it did not give a jury instruction for a lesser offense when that instruction was not requested in writing