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  • In The Interest of A. B. et al., children.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-22
    Practice Area: Evidence | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abdulhakim Saadiq (Saadiq & Associates LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr (Attorney General), Atlanta; Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta; Shalen Nelson (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Margaret Riley (Fulton County Office of the Child Attorney), Atlanta; Steven Lindenblatt, Atlanta; Reginald Williams (Renaissance Events Inc.), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A18A0388

    Termination of Parental Rights Lacked Supprt of Testimony As to Potential Harm to Children

  • Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. v. Anduro Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-22
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Parker-Flynn (Carlton Fields Jorden Burt), Tallahassee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherri Buda, Bryan Knight (Knight Johnson LLC), Atlanta; Hayden Pace (Stokes Wagner ALC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0682

    Some Evidence Supported Jury's Finding That Defendants Were Jointly and Severally Liable For Attorney Fees

  • RLI Insurance Company v. Duncan

    Publication Date: 2018-06-21
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clay O'Daniel, Susan Mentel (O'Daniel McDonald, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Wetherington, Benjamin Lev, Robert Friedman (The Werner Law Firm), Atlanta; Nola Jackson (Werner Wetherington PC), Atlanta; Michael Werner (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0149

    The trial court erred in denying excess insurer's motion to dismiss it from plaintiff's suit arising out of an automobile accident, because excess insurer was not a proper party.

  • Noble v. Noble

    Publication Date: 2018-06-21
    Practice Area: Evidence | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Meredith Lowry (Caldwell & Lowry), Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lance Owen (Johnston Owen & Bullard LLP), Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0617

    Free College Tuition Was Not Fringe Benefit To Be Included in Party's Gross Income

  • Woods et al. v. A.R.E. Accessories, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-06-21
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Products Liability
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Peavy (Peavy Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan Ness, Duluth, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0292

    The trial court properly granted summary judgment to manufacturer in plaintiffs' product liability action because there was an absence of evidence in the record that the product was defectively designed; rather, the evidence showed that the sole cause of plaintiffs' injuries was the unforeseeable misuse of the product.

  • Turner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel Altman (District Attorney Middle Judicial Circuit), Swainsboro; Kelly Jenkins (Middle Judicial Circuit - District Attorney), Swainsboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0509

    Defense Counsel Fully and Carefully Explained Charges and Evidence Against Defendant

  • Cruz Pico et al. v. Brady

    Publication Date: 2018-06-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julye Johns, Emaly Arndt (Huff Powell & Bailey LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher McClurg (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0189

    The trial court properly denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's medical malpractice action because plaintiff did not "retain" counsel more than 90 days prior to the expiration of the period of limitation and she was thus entitled to invoke the 45-day extension of time to file an expert affidavit.

  • In The Interest of I. H. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-20
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: A18A0802

    Juvenile Court Had Statutory Authority to Terminate Parental Rights Based on Finding Parent Abandoned Child

  • McCurley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant (The Merchant Law Firm PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt (Assistant District Attorney), Lafayette; Herbert Franklin (District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0471

    Trial Clerk's Testimony He Timely Mailed Copy of Order to Defendant Supported Denial of Motion To File Out-Of-Time Appeal

  • Rollins et al. v. LOR, Inc., et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-06-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Mixson, Timothy Rigsbee, Robert Ashe, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta; Thomas Rafferty, Antony Ryan, Samira Shah (Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP), New York, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan Bakowski, James Lamberth, William Withrow (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0638

    Family Business Trustees' Claims Against Business Managers Were All Either Time-Barred or Derivative in Nature