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  • The State v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2022-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jefferson Adams, Deborah Gonzalez, Robert Schollmeyer, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Ignatius, (Law Office of Ryan Ignatius, LLC), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0522

    Court reverses order finding that a traffic stop was unlawful, vacates order that found insufficient probable cause for a warrantless search, and remands for further proceedings

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Richard Caplan, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0463

    Court affirms in part convictions for rape and aggravated assault but remands for findings on admissibility of defendant's prior felony convictions

  • Matabane v. Whatley

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alonzo Nelson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lynn Whatley, (Whatley & Associates, PC), East Point, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0152

    Court vacates dismissal order of a party's action for a partition of inherited property and remands for consideration of that party's request for a partition-in-kind

  • Lavan v. Cannon Farms, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-21
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dewey Hayes, (Dewey N. Hayes, Jr., P.C.), Douglas, Ashleigh Madison, (Southeast Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Spurlin, (Spurlin & McCorvey), Tifton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0572

    Court reverses summary judgment order for defendant in a personal injury matter, finding that genuine issues of material fact precluded summary judgment

  • City of Suwanee v. Padgett et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-17
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Carothers, (Attorney at Law), Buford, Karen Thomas, (Carothers & Mitchell, LLC), Buford, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce Hagen, Matthew Hagen, (Hagen Rosskopf, LLC), Decatur, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0338

    Court affirms denial of a City's motion to dismiss a slip and fall action, finding that claimants filed a proper ante litem notice and raised genuine issues of fact

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  • The State v. Mathews

    Publication Date: 2022-06-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dorian Murry, (The Murry Law Group), Stone Mountain, Leigh Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0460

    Court vacates motion to suppress evidence collected at a traffic stop and remands for findings of officer's experience in detecting drugs

  • American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. v. Zeh

    Publication Date: 2022-06-16
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Batson, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Leslie Eason, Tiffany Taylor, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Sean Young, Brian Hauss, (American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia, Inc), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent Savage, Robert Tanner, (Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage), Savannah, for appellee; David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0251

    Remand to Trial Court Necessary, in Accordance With Supreme Court's Remand Order

  • Alpha Rho Corporation of Delta Delta Delta v. Mathis Apartments, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-16
    Practice Area: Damages
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Carter, Charles Dorr, (Carter Cromwell Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Ellison, (Fortson Bentley and Griffin PA), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0104

    Court reverses award of attorney fees for defendant where plaintiff, though unsuccessful, had made valid contract allegations against defendant

  • Jefferson v. O'Neal

    Publication Date: 2022-06-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle Krejci, (The Law Office of Kyle Krejci, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jillian Todd, Joseph Todd, (Joseph M. Todd, P.C.), Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0532

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Biological Father's Legitimation Petition Without First Terminating Legal Father's Parental Rights

  • Makin v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2022-06-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Candace Little, (Smith & Little, P.C.), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: William King, (The Manely Firm, P.C.), Marietta, Katherine Davis, Jackson, Cara Schlosser, (The Manely Firm PC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0399

    No Showing Made That U.K. Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Make Child Custody Determination