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  • Montgomery v. The Travelers Home and Marine Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2021-07-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Messer, (Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara Becker, Karen Karabinos, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0104

    Court affirms partial summary judgment ruling that rejected an insured party's claim for bad faith denial of payment where insurer had a reasonable basis to deny the claim

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Samuel, (Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0090

    Court affirms rape conviction over defendant's challenge to a jury instruction and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.

  • Game Truck Georgia, LLC v. Salvador Reyes Quezada

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig White, (Skedsvold and White, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Curtis, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, Michael Goldberg, Bradford Thomas, (Fried Goldberg LLC), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0439

    Trial Court Erred by Refusing to Give a Jury Charge on Assumption of Risk in Negligence Action Brought by Plaintiff Injured in Game of Bubble Soccer

  • Ernest v. Moffa

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Deal, (Gibson, Deal & Fletcher, P.C.), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Golden, (Kupferman & Golden), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0269

    Court affirms divorce decree that was entered after a spouse failed to show up for a bench trial in her divorce proceedings

  • In Re Ragas

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Daniel Morgan, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Erik Pirozzi, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0237

    Court reverses order of criminal attempt that had been issued against an attorney due to insufficient evidence to show violation of any order directed at the attorney

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  • Daniel v. Bremen-Bowdon Investment, Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-01
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Perkins, (Perkins Studdard LLC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Grafton, (Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A1764

    Court reverses denial of Worker's Compensation benefits and attorney fees where employee was injured while leaving workplace premises for a regularly scheduled break

  • Norman et al. v. Xytex Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Damages | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McDonough, (Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC), Atlanta, William Garrison, Brandy Robertson, (Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC), Birmingham, Nancy Hersh, (Hersh & Hersh), San Francisco, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alison Currie, Thomas Lavender, Andrew King, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Timothy Lytton, (Georgia State University College of Law), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A0445

    Court vacates and earlier opinion and remands case for the trial court's determination of which of plaintiff's claims do not derive their injury from the life of their child itself

  • Ray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Luttrell, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, Ryan Leonard, (District Attorney), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0338

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Denying Child Cruelty Defendant's Motion to Withdraw Based on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

  • Sanchez v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Christopher DeNeve, Tristan Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Hall County Solicitor's Office Office of the Solicitor-General), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0938

    Trial Court Erred in Denying Pro Se Motion For New Trial Based on Mistaken Conclusion Defendant Was Represented by Counsel

  • American Southern Insurance Company v. SPN Trans, LLC. et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-06-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Gobeil
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Denise Spitalnick, Samuel Sykes, John Easley, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Wood, (David H. Wood, P.C.), Atlanta, Daniel Gholston, Barry Zimmerman, (Zimmerman & Associates), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0174

    Court affirms that an insurance carrier is liable to provide policy coverage for an accident that occurred while a truck was being used for non-trucking purposes