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  • Gilreath v. Conner

    Publication Date: 2021-10-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (Miller & Key PA), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, James Nystrom, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0816

    Court vacates trial court's order regarding portion of pension payments owed to ex-spouse where the order was not based on the language of the parties' divorce decree

  • Schock v. Holy Trinity Catholic Church et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-13
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Graylin Ward, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dana Richens, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Tiffany Winks, Caroline Jozefczyk, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0998

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a charitable organization on plaintiff's slip-and-fall claim, finding that the claim was barred by the Recreational Property Act

  • U. S. Bank Trust National Association as Delaware Trustee et al. v. Chieftain Atlanta, L. P.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-13
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sean Quirk, (Shapiro Pendergast & Hasty, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Blum, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for appellee; Jasmyne Jackson, Macon, Jacorrey Howard, Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0796

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment for a holder of a first security interest in a property where a forged cancellation had purportedly cancelled the holder's lien

  • Henderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0916

    Court affirms conviction and sentence for robbery by intimidation, but vacates restitution order because trial court failed to hold a restitution hearing

  • LG Chem, Ltd. v. Lemmerman

    Publication Date: 2021-10-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Charles Reed, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dylan Hooper, (Morgan & Morgan), Atlanta, Harris Yegelwel, (Morgan & Morgan Atlanta, PPLC), Savannah, Thomas Seider, Celene Humphries, (Brannock Humphries & Berman), Tampa, for appellee; Homer Phillips, (The Phillips Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1029

    Court affirms denial of out-of-state defendant's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, finding that defendant had sufficient contacts with the State

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  • Regan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-11
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beau Worthington, (Beau A. Worthington, LLC), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Randal McGinley, Bailey Simkoff, (Newton County District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0883

    Court vacates felony sentence for child molestation and remands for consideration of defendant's constitutional challenge under the Equal Protection Clause.

  • The State v. Palacio-Gregorio

    Publication Date: 2021-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Sabrina Nizamuddin, Daniel Porter, Christopher DeNeve Tristan Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, Samuel D’entremont, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office Cobb County Superior Courthouse), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0800

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for sexual exploitation of children over challenges to evidence and ineffective assistance, and affirms order vacating sentences

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raffauf Joseph, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1443

    Trial Court Erred by Rejecting Negotiated Plea Agreement Without Informing Defendant in Advance of Its Intention Litigation: Yes

  • Bardin v. Lindsey

    Publication Date: 2021-10-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Cauthorn, Brittany Schmidt, (Cauthorn Nohr & Owen), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, Megan Quisao, (Gray Rust St Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Harrison, Amanda Newquist, (Downey & Cleveland LLP), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0659

    Court affirms dismissal of car accident/personal injury lawsuit due to plaintiffs' failure to effect proper service of process on defendant

  • Torres v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Sean Garrett, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1148

    Terroristic Threats Indictment Was Not Fatally Defective For Failing to Specify Names of Victims Litigation: Yes