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  • Smartt v. Eldridge

    Publication Date: 2023-07-18
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Michmerhuizen, Warren Coppedge, (Coppedge and Associates, P.C.), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Lockhart, (Bradford & Lockhart, P.C.), LaFayette, Benjamin Bradford, (Benjamin T. Bradford, P.C.), LaFayette, for appellee; Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Ryan Marks, Madison, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0628

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of acquirer of fee simple title in surplus property over adjacent property owner's claim that he should have received notice of sale

  • Kindley v. First Acceptance Insurance Company of Georgia , Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dozier, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Travis Hargrove, (The Finley Firm), Columbus, James Finley, (The Finley Firm), Atlanta, for appellee; Beverly O’Hearn, Kelly Crutchfield, (Lueder Larkin and Hunter LLC), Savannah, Myra Nunan, Hinesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0143

    Insurer's exclusion of coverage for drivers not listed in an insurance policy was not void as against public policy

  • Odom v. Franklin

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge DOYLE
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek Nuce, (Pasley, Nuce, Mallory & Davis, LLC), Thomaston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeremy Attaway, (Worsham Corsi Scott & Knighten), Macon, Clayton Adams, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0432

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of one employee who struck another where the injured employee's exclusive remedy was under Workers' Compensation

  • Crawford v. Scott et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Kappler, William Diehl, (Thompson, O’Brien, Kappler & Nasuti, PC), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: Byron Sanford, Mary Trachian-Bradley, (Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0480

    Court affirms summary judgment that struck a former employee's wrongful termination claim and a portion of a breach of fiduciary duty claim

  • Wilkey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Luttrell, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samir Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0431

    Court affirms convictions for family violence aggravated assault over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

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  • In the Interest of H. P., a Child.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
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    Case Number: A23A0111

    Court affirms a juvenile court adjudication of a Probation Management Program with secure sanctions over juvenile's challenge that the adjudication was illegal

  • Harris v. Butler et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grace Dinger, (Atlanta Legal Aid), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, Megan Noble, Joi Siler, (Drew Eckl and Farnham), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0472

    Family Member's Emergency Hospitalization Was "Providential Cause" Justifying Reopening Unemployment Benefits Hearing

  • Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company v. RPG Hospitality, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Blackwell, David Carpenter, Tiffany Powers, (Alston & Bird, LLP), Atlanta, Brent Kaplan, Hilary Hunter, (Isenberg & Hewitt, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Cosper, Jordan Bell, (Hull Barrett, P.C.), Augusta, for appellee; Roger Sumrall, Carrie Moss, (Bendin Sumarall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0047

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been in favor of an insured party due to questions of fact caused by an ambiguity in the policy over limits for certain damage

  • State v. Sapp

    Publication Date: 2023-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christine Barker, (Christine Barker), Savannah, Daphne Totten, (Ogeechee Judicial Circuit District Attorney Ogeechee Judicial Circuit), Statesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Phillips, (Phillips & Carson), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0139

    Court grants a defendant's motion to dismiss the State's appeal of a trial court's order granting a motion in limine to exclude certain prior acts evidence

  • The State v. Shoemaker

    Publication Date: 2023-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald Henderson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney), Lawrenceville, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Tolley, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Devin Smith, Edward Tolley, (Cook & Tolley LLP), Athens, for appellee; Tasha Mosley, (District Attorney), Jonesboro, Robert Smith, (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A0415

    Repealer of Charging Statute Did Not Mandate That Defendant Charged Within Effective Dates Had to be Tried Within Those Dates