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  • Fassnacht v. Moler

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Damages | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Sager, Gary Toman, Jason Vuchinich, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert James, (Daniels & James LLC), Atlanta, Daniel Shim, (Morriss, Shim, James), Atlanta, Jordan Davis, (Adamson & Cleveland, LLC), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1583

    Court affirms $30,000 compensatory damages and $375,000 punitive damages award in father's assault and battery lawsuit against his son

  • Ferdinand v. Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Legislation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dominique Martinez, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, (Fulton County Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1548

    Court affirms denial of a declaratory judgment petition to give the county tax commissioner unilateral control over compensation of unclassified employees

  • Lewis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Sparger, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, (District Attorney), Savannah, Shalena Jones, Kurtis Bronston, (Office of the District Attorney, Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1704

    Court reverses convictions for possession of marijuana because evidence was seized unlawfully

  • Scriven v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas McCants, (The Public Defender's Office, Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1941

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Refusing to Give Jury Charge on Defendant's Affirmative Defense of Justification

  • Brumbelow v. Mathenia, et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-19
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Healy, (The Healy Law Firm, LLC), Toccoa, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justin Hester, (Hester Outman LLC), Norcross, James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, Judy Sartain, (Judy D. Sartain, P.C.), Murrayville, Corey Mathenia, Hinesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1117

    Court adopts a Georgia Supreme Court opinion that an unwed biological father of a child abandoned his opportunity interest to pursue a relationship with his son

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  • Sidhom et al. v. Boutros

    Publication Date: 2021-03-19
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Furlong, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Loretta Smith, (Loretta Smith Law), Powder Springs, Thomas Boutros, Smyrna, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1754

    Court reverses summary judgment award in a breach of contract case and remands for determination of the parties mutual asset in a revocation agreement

  • Porter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-19
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frank Starosto, (Star Law PC), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosemary Greene, (District Attorney), Calhoun, Sharon Fox, (Gordon County District Attorney's Office), Calhoun, Jana Allen, (The McCoy Law Firm, LLC), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1889

    Trial Court's Failure to Advise Defendant of Dangers of Proceeding Pre Se Required Reversal of Trial Result

  • Grand Canyon Education, Inc. v. Ward

    Publication Date: 2021-03-18
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Dispute Resolution | Education Law
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derin Dickerson, Kristen Bromberek, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    for defendant: G. Lemond, Edward Webb, (Webb, Klase & Lemond, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1894

    Federal Regulations Prohibited Enforcement of Arbitration Clause in Online College's Enrollment Agreement

  • Sambou v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyette Holmes, Marietta, John Edwards, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Lindsay Raynor, (Douglas County Solicitor General's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1764

    Court affirms convictions for identity fraud and forgery over defendant's contentions of trial court error and challenges to admission of evidence.

  • McFadden v. Brigham

    Publication Date: 2021-03-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Gay, LaRon Dunham, (Michael G. Hostilo LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rakhi McNeill, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Jacob O'Malley, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1918

    Trial Court Properly Held That Plaintiff Failed to Timely Serve Defendant With Process; Plaintiff Was On Notice That Service Was Contested