• Nichols v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-01
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Candace Slezak, (Assistant District Attorney), Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0667

    Trial Court's Decision to Handcuff Defendant During Trial Was Supported by Case-Specific Findings

  • In the Interest of N. C. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-01
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shantricia Robinson, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Long, (Overman & Overman LLC), Fayetteville, for appellee; Lloyd Walker, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree City, Catherine Deroth, (Atlantic Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Hinesville, Vickie Strickland, Moreland, Demoine Lofton, Ellenwood, Arthur Cunningham, Moreland, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0554

    Trial Met Its Obligation to Inform Parent of Dependent Children of Her Right to Seek Appointed Counsel

  • Siteone Landscaping Supply, LLC v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Boorman, Philip Henderson, (Watson Spence LLP), Atlanta, Frank Middleton, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Donald Singleton, (Singleton Law Firm LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0591

    Trial Court Erred by Entering Default Judgment Based on New Party Defendant's Failure to File Answer to Amended Complaint

  • Matta v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Smith, (Conger and Smith, Attorneys at Law), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Harrison, Bradfield Shealy, (Southern Judicial Cir. District Atty Ofc), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0415

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated sodomy and other crimes over defendant's challenge to incomplete trial transcript and contentions of error in excluding evidence

  • The State v. Middleton

    Publication Date: 2022-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Kight, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office), Woodbine, Brian Tyrone, (Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office), Jesup, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0422

    City Police Officer Who Had Previously Been Deputized by Sheriff's Office Made Lawful Traffic Stop Outside City Limits

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  • Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company v. City of College Park et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Friedman, Christopher Meeks, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Karen Woodward, (Cruser & Mitchell, LLP), Norcross, Alwyn Fredericks, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Anna Cross, (The Cross Firm LLC), Decatur, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellee; Reginald McClendon, (Lister & Holt, LLC), Jonesboro, Alisha Wyatt-Bullman, (City of Atlanta Law Department), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1104

    City did not waive sovereign immunity claims for amounts above liability insurance limits even though it purchased insurance for higher amounts

  • Southern Star Enterprise Corporation v. McDonald Windward Partners, L.P.

    Publication Date: 2022-05-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Perry Phillips, (Perry A. Phillips, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Daughdrill, Mary Giacoma, (Giacoma, Roberts & Daughdrill, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0480

    Commercial Landlord Entitled to Damages Stemming From Repairs to Premises

  • Rome Granite, Inc., et al. v. Pinnacle Bank

    Publication Date: 2022-05-27
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Campbell, (Richard D. Campbell, LLC), Elberton, Jonathan Stidham, (Stidham & Stidham, P. A.), Bartow, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aaron Kappler, Viraj Deshmukh, (Thompson, O'Brien, Kappler & Nasuti, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0447

    Lender Failed to Show Mutual Mistake Justifying Equitable Reformation of Security Deed

  • Fulton County Board of Tax Assessors v. Westside Atlanta Retail, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-05-26
    Practice Area: Real Estate | Tax
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Germain, Valerie Ross, (Turner Ross Germain, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Tinnon, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, David Dermer, (Lat Sportswear), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0555

    Hearing-Officer Hearing Must be Scheduled Within 180 Days Following Taxpayer's Appeal of Property Tax Assessment

  • In the Interest of B. M. R., a child

    Publication Date: 2022-05-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Williams, (The Joseph Williams Law Firm PC), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Calandra Harps, Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer McComas, (Jennifer T. McComas, P.C.), Vidalia, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0092

    Court affirms termination of a grandmother's temporary guardianship over a minor child because the child was not receiving education as required by law