• Bunde v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-29
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Head, (Attorney at Law), Sandy Springs, Andrew Fleischman, (Sessions & Fleischman), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia Brooks, Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0595

    Defendant Consented to Breath Test Following Vehicle Accident

  • Stanley v. Patterson et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-28
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Reginald McClendon, (Lister & Holt, LLC), Jonesboro, Duane Pritchett, (MARTA), Atlanta, Elizabeth Taylor, (Gwinnett County Law Department), Lawrenceville, Jacquita Parks, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0987

    Quasi-Judicial Immunity Did Not Protect Court Administrator and Managers From Suit For Error That Led to Plaintiff's Arrest and Incarceration

  • Worth et al. v. First Key Homes, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-28
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derric Crowther, (Crowther Law Firm, PC), Atlanta, Ivan Gustafson, (Law Office of Ivan Gustafson), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Schroder, Nelofar Agharahimi, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0287

    Genuine Issue of Material Fact as to Whether Fence Installer Assumed Risk of Working Near Dead Tree

  • The State v. Thurston

    Publication Date: 2023-06-28
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Timothy Lumpkin, (Law Office of T. Bryan Lumpkin), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0177

    State Could Not Remedy Order Suppressing Evidence By Applying For Second Warrant Based on Same Facts

  • Penix v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Harrison, (Public Defenders Office Oconee Judicial Circuit), Eastman, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Pritchett, Timothy Vaughn, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Eastman, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0308

    Court affirms defendant's convictions for robbery by intimidation and other crimes and rejects his multiple contentions of trial court error

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  • Hughes v. Ace American Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anna Cross, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, Nola Jackson, Michael Werner, Trevor Brice, (Werner Law LLC), Atlanta, Jenna Hough, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Boyd, Tiffany Harlow, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Jeremiah Belk, Roswell, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0609

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of an insurer in a car accident case, finding that there was no direct cause of action against the insurer under the Motor Carrier Act

  • Sadler v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jon Rhoades, (Attorney at Law), Lagrange, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Connor Dooley, (Troup County District Attorney’s Office), Lagrange, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0750

    Court vacates restitution order and remands for a new hearing on the fair market value of a vehicle before the defendant damaged it, and evidence of cost of repairs

  • Mercy Housing Georgia III, L.P. a/b/a The Rose of Sharon Apartments et al. v. Kaapa

    Publication Date: 2023-06-20
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johnny Foster, Morton Forbes, Scot Pool, (Forbes, Foster & Pool), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Adelman, (Mark Adelman, Attorney at Law, LLC), Savannah, Jed Manton, Madeline McNeeley, Andrew Conn, (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0462

    Court affirms summary judgment order in favor of wrongful death plaintiff where defendant's violation of a statute amounted to negligence per se

  • Deaton Holdings, Inc. v. Reid et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, David Rhodes, (Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus, LLP), Atlanta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Rogers, Michael Goldberg, Nathan Gaffney, (Fried Rogers Goldberg), Atlanta, Robert Finnell, (The Finnell Firm), Rome, for appellee; John Hadden, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, Austin Atkinson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0005

    A defendant in a car accident lawsuit is not entitled to add joint tortfeasors as indispensable parties where that defendant has a right of contribution against them

  • Jefferson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0484

    Court affirms convictions for child molestation over defendant's objection to admission of inconclusive DNA evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance