• Henry v. Griffin Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram

    Publication Date: 2022-02-17
    Practice Area: Consumer Protection
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: T. Flinn, (Saag), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Davis, Patrick Reames, (Bovis Kyle Burch & Medlin LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1775

    Dissatisfied Purchase Failed to Establish Vehicle Was "Reacquired Vehicle" Under Georgia Lemon Law

  • Southeast Georgia Health System, Inc. v. Frank W. Berry, In His Capacity As Commissioner, et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Armando Basarrate, David Darden, Jameson Bilsborrow, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Cathelynn Tio, (Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law), Atlanta, Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1544

    Court affirms summary judgment order dismissing Health System's petition for mandamus that sought to compel a commissioner to conduct an investigation

  • Donovan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dixon Lackey, Herbert Poston, (Assistant District Attorney), Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1407

    Court vacates order denying pro se motion for a new trial because defendant did not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waive his right to post-conviction counsel

  • Georgiacarry.Org Inc., et al. v. The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-16
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Carpenter, James Grant, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Omari Crawford, (The DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1479

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an entity's right to bar firearms from its property, concluding that the entity's lease created an estate for years and not a usufruct

  • The State v. Gilmore

    Publication Date: 2022-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Patterson, Luke Martin, Morgan Bottger, (Floyd County District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sean Lowe, (Assistant Public Defender), Ringgold, Jonathan Hamrick, (Rome Circuit Public Defender Office), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0189

    Court reverses denial of admission of a video showing a drug purchase by a now-deceased confidential information, finding no Confrontation Clause violation

  • Orozco v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maryann Blend, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Connor Payne, Tristan Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1757

    Court affirms denial of an out-of-time appeal to a negotiated guilty plea because defendant could not show ineffective assistance or deficient performance of his counsel

  • Fireman's Fund Insurance Company v. Holder Construction Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-15
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Jones, (The Jones Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Hankins, Katherine Barton, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1558

    Court determines that trial court erred in excluding expert testimony an all matters that were not conclusions of law, and in granting summary judgment on causation

  • Roberts v. JP Morgan Chase Bank, National Association et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Catherine Gibson, (The Gibson Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Crochet, (Kutak Rock LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Isler, (Kutak Rock LLP), Denver, Kimberly Sheridan, Jeremy Stallman, (Gordon Rees Scully Manshukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1598

    Court dismisses appeal of dismissal of breach of contract action and remands for consideration of whether motion for substitution of deceased party should be accepted

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1672

    Court affirms conviction for statutory rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Beauparlant v. Aiken et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colin Barron, (Haug Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kimberly Butler, Kristin Massee, (Ellis Painter Ratterree & Adams LLP), Savannah, for appellee; G. White, (Brennan, Harris & Rominger LLP), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A1255

    Court reverses dismissal of personal injury lawsuit where trial court erred in concluded that statute of limitations was not tolled by a COVID Emergency Order