• Clemmons v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Fayette County District Attorney’s Office), Fayetteville, Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0782

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation and related crimes over defendant's contentions of evidentiary error and ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Dean v. Dean

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Lindsey, Matthew Johnson, (Davis Matthews & Quigley PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Russell Bryant, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0818

    Court reverses order that an ex-wife owed half of the back taxes paid by her former spouse, who voluntarily disclosed and paid the taxes pursuant to an amnesty program

  • Johnson & Johnson et al. v. Shiver

    Publication Date: 2021-11-30
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Colin Kelly, Caroline Gieser, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Barnes, John Bevis, Benjamin Rosichan, (The Barnes Law Group, LLC), Marietta, Robert Cheeley, (Cheeley Law Group LLC), Alpharetta, Julia Merritt, (Attonrey at Law), Smyrna, for appellee; Eric Hawkins, David Marshall, Evelyn Davis, (Hawkins & Parnell & Young LLP), Atlanta, Caroline Tinsley, (Tucker Ellis LLP), St. Louis, Charissa Walker, (Tucker Ellis LLP), Cleveland, Chad Shultz, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, Ann Field, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Philadelphia; Evelyn French, (Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.), Washington for AM.

    Case Number: A21A0832

    Court reverses denial of motions to dismiss liability complaints under the Georgia Asbestos Claims Act where plaintiffs failed to establish a prima facie case

  • Bene v. State of Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Woodham, (Woodham Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Daniel McRae, (Seyfarth Shaw LLP), Atlanta, Sandra Zayac, Henry Chalmers, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Craig Pendergrast, (Taylor English), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A21A1143

    Superior Court Properly Validated and Confirmed Bonds and Bond Security Related to the Financing of Four Development Projects in Fulton County

  • The State v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, Patricia Brooks, Winder, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0952

    Trial Counsel Should Have Objected to Prosecution's Derivative Use at Trial of Defendant's Earlier Compelled Statements to Employer

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  • Sharma, individually as surviving spouse of Amit Sharma et al. v. City of Alpharetta

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Government | Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Maine, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0954

    Liability Insurance Policy Purchased by City Did Not Amount to Waiver of Sovereign Immunity

  • Chybicki et al. v. Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-29
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Lavoie, Gerald Edenfield, Susan Cox, (Edenfield, Cox, Bruce & Classens, PC), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Spencer Bomar, Wayne McGrew, (McGrew Miller Bomar & Bagley LLC), Atlanta, Thomas Burke, Anthony Rowell, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1023

    Treating Physician Was an Independent Contractor for Whom the Hospital Could Not Be Held Liable in Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death Action

  • Bien-Aime v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, Samuel D’entremont, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office Cobb County Courthouse), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1014

    Officer Witnessing a Suspect Fitting a Pattern of Criminal Behavior in a High Crime Area Is Not Sufficient to Provide Reasonable, Articulable Suspicion to Detain the Suspect

  • Hendrix v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Douds, (Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Carroll Chisholm, Kellen Beegle, (Athens-Clarke County Solicitor General’s Office), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0920

    Court affirms conviction for violation of a family violence order over defendant's challenge to admission of testimony from a witness that was not on the State's list

  • Deerlake Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Brown

    Publication Date: 2021-11-24
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joanna Eljazzar, (Lazega & Johanson LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Craig Brown, Suwanee, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1090

    Trial Court Properly Found that Homeowners Association Was Not Entitled to Injunctive Relief in Action Alleging That Real Property Is a 'Lot'