• Labbee v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Monte Davis, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Oliver Browning, (District Attorney), Cedartown, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0246

    Court affirms denial of defendant's plea in bar based on his constitutional right to a speedy trial

  • Robert L. Underwood, Jr. v. Colony Bank

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Carter, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Eutzler, (Moore Clarke Duvall & Rodgers), Valdosta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1639

    Court reverses summary judgment on a breach of contract claim but affirms as to promissory estoppel claim in an action on payment of outstanding debts

  • Demeritte v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Pilgrim, (Carter Pilgrim Stroud, LLC), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Tristan Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1613

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated assault and cruelty to children over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Melissa Pittman, (Assistant District Attorney Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Ringgold, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1306

    Court reverses conviction for misdemeanor obstruction of a police officer where the officer did not have a reasonable and articulable suspicion to stop a defendant

  • In the Interest of L-M. C. L., et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nancee Tomlinson, (Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, Shalen Nelson, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Chad Hunt, (Attorney at Law), Crawford, for appellee; Kathryn McMichael, (Northern Circuit Public Defender), Royston, Vivian Azih, (Public Defender of the Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Mableton, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A1474

    Court dismisses a mother's appeal to a juvenile court order that terminated her parental rights as to four children

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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Kirby et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Archer, James Hollis, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, E. Hogan, Allison Ryan, Briana Black, Catherine Stetson, (Hogan Lovells US LLP), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Doss, (The Doss Firm, LLC), Marietta, Jason Kellogg, (Levine Kellogg Lehman Schnider + Grossman LLP), Miami, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1387

    Court affirms denial of motion to dismiss claims against health insurer for misrepresentation and breach of contract, noting that the filed-rate doctrine does not apply

  • Tucker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1760

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and other crimes, but vacates certain of defendants' sentences due to merger error

  • Fluellen v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2022-02-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Locke, (Locke Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Warren Smith, Gary Casper, (W. Calvin Smith II, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Hammer, (Lueder Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Atlanta, Jennifer Pridgeon, (DuBose Law Group LLC), Madison, for appellee; Wayne McGrew, Colleen Callaghan, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A1234

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury car complaint because plaintiff did not exercise the greatest possible diligence to perfect service after statute of limitation expired

  • Phoebe Sumter Medical Center v. Government Employees Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2022-02-25
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis Hargrove, (The Finley Firm), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Hammer, Elizabeth Lowrey, (Lueder Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1714

    Court reverses summary judgment in favor of insurer in a matter over whether a medical center had properly perfected a hospital lien

  • Moxie Capital, LLC v. Delmont 21, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-24
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sam Dickson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, Tahra Porterfield, (AXA XL), Atlanta, Eugene Smith, (Fulton County Attorney's Office), Atlanta, Bert Whitfield, Inglewood, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1574

    Court affirms order awarding title to two parcels of property to tax deed purchaser and rejecting a party's efforts to redeem tax deeds with payments made by personal checks