• Neff v. McGee

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Internet Law
    Industry: Automotive | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jean-Alain Schneider, Alexandra Nelson, John McDonald (Thompson Hine LLP), Atlanta; Peter Coffman (Demetry DeCarlo LLC), Chamblee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Gower (Attorney at Law), Columbus; Shaun O'Hara (Charles A. Gower PC), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0720

    Law Firm Defendant in Anti-SLAPP Action Made Prima Facie Showing of Conditional Privilege

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dawn Belisle (Law Office of Dawn M. Belisle PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard (District Attorney), Atlanta; Francis Wakeford (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0758

    Defense Counsel Not Ineffective For Failing to Seek to Preclude or Limit Witness Testimony county

  • In the Interest of J. W., a child.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jana Evans (Attorney at Law), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton (Attorney at Law), Douglasville, for appellee. Robert Kunz (Attorney at Law), Douglasville; Gail Walters (Guardian Ad Litem), Douglasville, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0807

    Evidence Supported Finding That Guardianship With Child's Grandfather Was In Child's Best Interests

  • Stapler v. Boling et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-27
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Buice (Kevin B. Buice LLC), Carrollton, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Bills (David S. Bills PC), Atlanta; Diane Sternlieb (Attorney at Law), Carrollton, for appellee. Johannes Kingma (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0374

    Professional Negligence and Abusive Litigation Claims Failed Based on Res Judicata and Failure of Notice

  • Bramblett et al. v. Habersham County

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Government | Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry Simmons (Simmons Law Group), Cornelia; Kerry Morris (Attorney at law), Cleveland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ralph Taylor, Jordan Posey (Hunt & Taylor Law Group LLC), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0671

    Dog Owners Not Entitled to Notice and Hearing Prior to Seizure of Animals Under Animal Cruelty Statute

  • Chalk v. Poletto

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Family Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Gentry (Gentry Law Firm), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heidi Honis (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Jeanne Woods (Huff Woods and Hamby), Marietta, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0563

    Statute Allowing Attorney Fees in Child Custody Matters Also Applies in Legitimation Cases

  • Adams et al. v. McDonald et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Ray
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mr. Matthew Cook, Kate Cook (Cook Law Group LLC), Cornelia; Jonathan Parrish (The Parrish Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bailey (Huff Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta; James Brim, Weymon Forrester (Forrester & Brim LLP), Gainesville; Thomas Cole (Welchel Dunlap Jarrard & Walker LLP), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0155

    Stroke That Followed Initial Medical Misdiagnosis Was New Injury That Restarted Running of Statutory Limitations Period

  • Anglin et al. v. Smith et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Discovery | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore (The Moore Law Firm P.C.), Atlanta; Render Freeman, Kenneth Bentley (Anderson Tate & Carr PC), Duluth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wade Copeland (Carlock Copeland & Stair), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1405

    Medical MalpracticePlaintiff Could Not Use Affidavit to Refresh Witness's Recollection After Failing Pretrial Duty to Disclose

  • City of Saint Marys v. Reed

    Publication Date: 2018-07-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Emily Hancock, Richard Strickland (Brown Readdick Bumgartner Carter Strickland & Watkins), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: James McIlvaine (Williams Litigation Group P.C.), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0625

    Slip-And-Fall Plaintiff Failed to Show Municipal Property Owner Had Prior Notice of Sidewalk Defect

  • In the interest of J. S. A., a child.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Ballinger (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cliff Head (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton; Wallace Rogers (Assistant District Attorney), Canton; Shannon Wallace (District Attorney), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0328

    Appeal of Informal Adjustment Dismissed as Premature