• In the Interest of I. P. et al. (children).

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amber Walden, (The Fine Print Legal Consulting, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Gretchen Howard, (Jahn & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee; Marcea Flowers, Conyers, Bonnie Binkley, (Binkley Law GA), Atlanta, Sylvia Lester, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0162

    Court vacates juvenile court's dependency order due to failure to serve amended petition on the mother of the dependent children

  • Snellings v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Kenner, (Law Offices of Robert Kenner, Jr.), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alisha Johnson, Alicia Gant, (Rockdale County District Attorney's Office), Conyers, Nathan Stuckey, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0492

    Court reverses trial court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence because traffic stop was unreasonably prolonged in a DUI case

  • Morney v. Kiker et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-12
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Michelman, (Foy & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Jacob Daly, Steven Grunberg, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1473

    Court reverses dismissal of amended complaint and motion to add a deputy sheriff as a defendant in a per precedent that notice to the County gave notice to the sheriff

  • Baldwin County v. Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities for the State of Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-11
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Welch, (Smith Welch Webb & White), McDonough, Brandon Palmer, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White, LLC), Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Jonathan Loegel, (Office of the Attorney General of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1636

    Court affirms dismissal in Baldwin County's breach of contract lawsuit with state behavioral health department because no valid intergovernmental contract existed between the entities

  • Bryan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Coweta Circuit Public Defender's Office), Franklin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynda Caldwell, (Assistant District Attorney Coweta Judicial Circuit), Carrollton, John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0048

    Court affirms conviction for enticing a child for indecent purposes over defendant's challenges to sufficiency and admission of evidence but vacates some probation conditions as overly broad

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  • CSX Corporation et al. v. Oglesby

    Publication Date: 2024-07-11
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daryl Clarida, (Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer, LLP), Atlanta, John Wilkerson, (Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cotton, Tiffany Donohue, (Georgia Law Team, P.C.), Cordele, Brent Savage, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, Brent Savage, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0027

    Court reverses trial court's partial denial of summary judgment in a railroad accident case finding that rail operator had no legal duty to a non-employee to spot a railcar in specific location

  • Miller v. Polk et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-10
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Felicia Rowe, (Rowe & Rowe LLC), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terrell Benton, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Sheila Kazemian, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0404

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of anesthetist staffing companies in negligent credentialing case, finding that staffing companies have no credentialing duties

  • Razavi v. Emily

    Publication Date: 2024-07-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ehsan Razavi, Atlanta, Dale Montpelier, (The Garza Law Firm), Knoxville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jay Shreenath, (Shreenath and Associates), Austell, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0289

    Court affirms findings of trespass finding and property rights but reverses damages award for conversion, and vacates attorney fees award with direction for clarification of basis of that award

  • Finnegan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Conklin, (Conklin Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Cliff Head, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, Rachel Ashe, (Cherokee County Solicitor Generals Office), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0439

    Court affirms kidnapping and drug convictions but vacates and remands for resentencing on duplicative family-violence order violations

  • Department of Transportation v. Star Land Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-07-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Carr, Logan Winkles, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Warren Power, (Power & Jaugstetter, P.C.), McDonough, Jacqueline Kennedy-Dvorak, Ruth Snell, (Power Snell, P.C.), McDonough, Amy Patterson, (Georgia Law Department), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jordan Walker, (Sever Storey Walker), Carmel, for appellee; Melanie Wilson, Tracy Lettsome, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, other party.

    Case Number: A24A0183

    Court affirms setting aside of declaration of taking due to DOT's non-compliance with property owner's rights under the the Landowner's Bill of Rights and Private Property Protection Act of 2006