• Tate-Jesurum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-08-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hunter Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law, LLC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0559

    Court affirms denial of a defendant's general demurrer and plea in bar to charges of methamphetamine possession

  • Berlin et al. v. City of Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-01
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Daughdrill, (Giacoma, Roberts & Daughdrill, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Linda Dunlavy, (Dunlavy Law Group, LLC), Decatur, Jonathan Futrell, Michael Wynter, Joshua Foster, (City of Atlanta Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0370

    Court vacates summary judgment order in favor of the City on a zoning redevelopment matter because superior court failed to consider substantive issues

  • Andy Frain Services, Inc. v. Augusta Mall, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-01
    Practice Area: Contracts | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn Bass, (Scrudder Bass Quillian Horlock Taylor & Lazarus), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Nicholson, Sam Nicholson, (Nicholson Revell LLP), Augusta, Tracy O’Connell, (Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0390

    Court affirms order that a security firm has a duty to defend and reverses an order that it has a duty to indemnify in a premises liability case involving a shooting

  • Moore v. Humble

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Raymond, (Hogue & Hogue (Of Counsel)), Macon, Carmel Sanders, (Attorney at Law), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Adams, (Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.), Macon, Kice Stone, (Stone Family Law, LLC), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0204

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment motion on breach of contract and fraud and affirms denial of discovery motions in a case involving breach of a marriage promise

  • Smaha et al. v. The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Clay, (Pratt Clay, LLC), Atlanta, Wesley Taulbee, (Clay Taulbee & Myers, LLC), Statesboro, James Myers, (Insley & Race LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jo Jagor, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, Roy Meeks, Atlanta, Amanda Speier, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0267

    Court affirms dismissal of plaintiff's expert in a medical malpractice case because he had no relevant experience to qualify as an expert on the nursing standard of care

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  • Capote v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Bullard, (The Bullard Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Bruce Harvey, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, John Williams, Christopher DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0120

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment, which motion had been based on failure to comply with the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act.

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joshua Madsen, (Attorney at Law), Charlotte, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Chafin, James Smith, (Office of the District Attorney, Piedmont Judicial Circuit), Jefferson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0220

    Court vacates dismissal of defendant's motion to vacate a void sentence and remands with instructions for the trial court to deny the motion.

  • Riley et al. v. Barreras

    Publication Date: 2023-07-28
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristi Bankston, (Worsham Corsi Scott and Dobur), Marietta, Robert Harrison, Jackson Griner, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alex Dixon, (Alex L. Dixon, P.C.), Lagrange, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0553

    Plaintiff Offered No Evidence to Support Theories of Negligent Entrustment or Vicarious Liability

  • Shockley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Kelbaugh, (The Kelbaugh Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, Kelley Robertson, (district attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0071

    Court affirms drug trafficking and obstruction convictions over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence, and claims in error and ineffective assistance

  • Hammond v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0035

    Court affirms merger of three child molestation convictions and corrected sentence over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance and double jeopardy