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  • 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

  • Wilkinson et al. v. Richello

    Publication Date: 2023-06-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Outman, (Law Office of James B. Outman, LLC), Atlanta, Catherine Sartain, (Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor), Marietta,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Heidi Honis, Aubrey Villines, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0603

    Court affirms ruling dismissing grandparents' petition to be named equitable caregivers because litigating the relevant issue was barred by collateral estoppel

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  • Kellum v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sherry Widner, (Georgia Public Defenders Council, Pataula Public Defenders Office), Donalsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald McNease, (District Attorney, Pataula Judicial Circuit), Cuthbert, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0482

    Court affirms defendant's new sentence after his probation was revoked in relation to certain drug charges and vacates certain language referring to credit for time served

  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Persse, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0417

    Court affirms convictions for rape and simple battery over defendant's objection to admission of a cell phone audio recording of the encounter that the victim had made

  • Hutcheson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office, Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0396

    Court affirms convictions and sentence for attempted murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions on ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Bell v. Lopez et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-06-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Bell, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Padgett, (Fidelity National Law Group), Atlanta, Webster Richards, Queens, Mark Richards, Queens, Andrew Asare, Yulee, Eyelondra Austin, Orlando, The Offer Geek ATL, LLC, Stonecrest, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0723

    Party Could Not Maintain Claims to Quiet Title and For Ejectment Where He Lacked Title to Disputed Property

  • Groves v. Gibbs

    Publication Date: 2023-06-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Gammon, (Gammon, McFall & Villarreal), Cedartown, for appellant.
    for defendant: Casey Brown, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0587

    No Contract Where Acceptance of Defendant's Counter Offer Was Never Communicated to Defense