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  • Rijal v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Creal, (Attorney at Law), Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Finch, (Solicitor General of Forsyth County), Cumming, Daniel Sanmiguel, (Dekalb County Solicitor’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0357

    Court affirms convictions for DUI and passing an emergency vehicle over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of trial court error

  • Tucker v. City of Thomasville

    Publication Date: 2023-06-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Rafi, Christopher Stokes, (Rafi Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Lawrence, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith, Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0318

    Court reverses summary judgment for a City in a slip-and-fall negligence case where the City had actual or constructive prior notice of the defect that caused the fall

  • The Augusta Press, Inc. v. Roundtree

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Government | Public Records
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Tameka Haynes, (Frails & Wilson), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0552

    Sheriff Deputy's Incident-Response Body-Cam Footage Not Subject to Disclosure Under Georgia's Open Records Act

  • Holtzclaw v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Akins, Lee Darragh, (Assistant District Attorney), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0348

    Court affirms verdicts for aggravated assault and other crimes over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance due to failure to file a general demurrer

  • Franklin County v. Wasserman

    Publication Date: 2023-06-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Constitutional Law | Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Buckley, Eric O’brien, (Buckley Christopher, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Butler, (Attorney at Law), Dahlonega, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0614

    Property Owner Lacked Standing to Bring Third-arty Racial Discrimination Claim on Behalf of Prospective Buyer

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  • Brown v. Sapp

    Publication Date: 2023-06-09
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: GARY LAMAR, (Lamar at Law), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Meeks, (Attorney at Law), Leesburg, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0505

    Court affirms rulings that the beneficiary of an easement is not entitled to damages, and injunction, and fees, and that a property owner did not abandon that easement

  • The State v. Larscheid

    Publication Date: 2023-06-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Johnson, Lenny Krick, Sherry Boston, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Dekalb County D A), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence LoRusso, (Lorusso Law Firm, PC), Atlanta, Brian Huckaby, (Oconee Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Eastman, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0309

    Court affirms dismissal of indictments against a patrol officer who used force to subdue an alleged perpetrator who had threatened bodily harm

  • Early v. Morgan Fleet Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-09
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sidney Moore, (The Moore Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Samuel Starks, Shean Williams, (The Cochran Firm Atlanta), Atlanta, Andre’ Ramsay, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0148

    Court reverses summary judgment and rules that an expert's opinion is admissible in a negligence matter even though the opinion is not based on a hard scientific basis

  • President v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0581

    Prosecutor's Argument That Victim Was Credible Was Based on Reasonable Inference From Evidence, Not on Personal Belief

  • In the Interest of K. R., a Child

    Publication Date: 2023-06-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Villarreal, (Attorney at Law), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Jennifer Ennerberg, (Public Defenders Office Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, Shalen Nelson, Mark Cicero, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee; Evan Stapler, (Attorney at Law), Bremen, Jon Veal, Lisa Dowda, Cedartown, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0570

    S Dependency Finding Was Supported by Evidence Minor Child Was Physically Abused by Her Adoptive Parent