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  • Skyjack, Inc. et al. v. Mois et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Singer (Bovis, Kyle & Burch), Atlanta; H. Young, Willie Ellis, Warner Fox (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP), Atlanta; Katherine Mercer-Lawson, Theresa Wardon (Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell LLP), Denver; Andrew Capobianco (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darren Penn (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta; Jennifer Smith (Ken David & Associates LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Matthew McLaughlin (McLaughlin & Loring), Alpharetta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0455

    Substituting Administrator of Decedent's Estate For Named Plaintiff in Wrongful Death Action Not Statutorily Authorized

  • Royster v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Goldberg (The Law Office of Ben Goldberg LLC), Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Hendee (Gwinnett District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville; Daniel Porter (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0467

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying appellant's petition for release from the requirement that he be registered as a sex offender as a result of a 1993 conviction.

  • Beavers v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mitchell Durham (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0086

    DNA-Identification Tolling Provision Not Applicable to Crimes Occurring Before July 1, 2002

  • Clifton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Clifton, Pelham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bradley (District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Milledgeville; Daniel Cochran (Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Monticello, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0746

    The Court dismissed defendant's appeal from the order rejecting his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, finding that it lacked jurisdiction over the appeal.

  • Stephens v. Castano-Castano

    Publication Date: 2018-06-27
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Butler (Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan, PLLC), Atlanta; Nicole Leet, Michael Rust (Gray Rust St. Amand Moffett Brieske, LLP), Atlanta; Michael Newton (Leitner, Williams, Dooley & Napolitan), Chattanooga; Charles Hoey (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Cork (Attorney at Law), Decatur; Jeffrey Yashinsky (The Yashinsky Law Group), Roswell, for appellee. Kristin L. Pierson, Atlanta; Kristin Pierson (Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for amicus curiae.
    Case Number: A18A0100

    Defendant Should Have Been Allowed to Introduce Evidence of Treating Physician's Financial Interest in Personal Injury Action

  • Agnes Scott College, Inc. v. Hartley

    Publication Date: 2018-06-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Ladner (Attorney at Law), Atlanta; Brian Trulock, Alan Payne (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lloyd Bell, Michael Watson (Bell Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0084

    Private College Could Be Found Vicariously Liable For Law-Enforcement Acts of Campus Police Officer Who Was Full-Time Employee

  • In The Interest of M. C., A Child.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Peil (Huggins Peil LLC), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon (District Attorney), Covington; Vanessa Webber (Assistant District Attorney Alcovy Judicial Circuit), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0006

    No Proof of Venue For Particular Offenses Arising From High Speed Vehicle Chase

  • Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. v. Macon Health Center, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-26
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Corporate Entities
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure | Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stuart Walker (Martin Snow LLP), Macon; Eric Fisher, Roy Meeks, Amanda Speier (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wendell Howell (Lumley & Howell), Macon; James Marshall (Attorney at Law), Macon; William Noland (Noland Law Firm LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0266

    Agreement Between Corporations Lapsed When One Was Administratively Dissolved

  • The State v. Cain

    Publication Date: 2018-06-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maria Lugue (Solicitor General), Brunswick; E. Ramsey (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan Tucker (Alan David Tucker ESQ. P.C.), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0750

    Failure of Police to Retrieve and Preserve Video Documenting DUI Traffic Stop Did Not Deprive Defendant of Due Process

  • Rounsaville v. State of Georgia

    Publication Date: 2018-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: C. Connelly, Jeffrey Connelly (Cook & Connelly LLC), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin (District Attorney), Lafayette; Clayton Fuller (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0656

    Prosecution Failed to Satisfy Statutory Mandates for Scheduling Criminal Forfeiture Trials