• John v. Battle Station, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-21
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Goldman, (The Goldman Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Hergenroether, Matthew Jones, John Padesky, (Busch, Reed, Jones & Leeper, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1060

    Court reverses summary judgment for defendant in a trip-and-fall action where evidentiary issues remained as to the hazard and the plaintiff's knowledge of it

  • Atwood Services, Inc. v. VFH Captive Insurance Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-21
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Consulting
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alex Kaufman, Kevin Kucharz, (Hall Booth Smith P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Williamson, Joseph York, (Williamson & York, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1031

    Court reverses dismissal of breach of contract causes of action in a dispute involving an original and a subsequent contract, where the subsequent contract was invalid

  • Hughes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jad Johnson, Victor Aloisio, (Office of the Public Defender, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, Elizabeth Evans, (Assistant District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0991

    Court affirms convictions for aggravated assault over defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in relation to his insanity defense

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, Lela Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0671

    Court affirms conviction for rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Crumpton et al. v. Samples

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Discovery
    Industry: Brokerage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Klein, (Rountree Leitman & Klein, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashley Hughes, (Oliver Hughes LLC), Woodstock, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0632

    Court affirmed denial of motion to withdraw admissions and summary judgment order in favor of buyer in a dispute over agent's right to retain earnest money

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  • Traver v. Felton Manor, LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Barron, (Dickinson & Associates), Woodstock, Curtis Dickinson, (Attorney at Law), Woodstock, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bernard Kistler, (The Cincinnati Insurance Company), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0861

    Court reverses summary judgment for an elder care facility in a premises liability case where genuine issues of fact remained as to knowledge of a hazard

  • Gardei v. Conway et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mimi Duong, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tuwanda Williams, Murray Weed, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, Andrew Pinson, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Tina Piper, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Rebecca Dobras, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0818

    Cause of action for declaratory and injunctive relief against enforcement of the Georgia Sex Offender Act is not time-barred when action has not yet accrued

  • Watson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Norris Lewis, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0772

    Court affirms conviction for drug trafficking over defendants procedural objection and contention of trial court error in a refusal to suppress seized evidence

  • In the Interest of R. J. A., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-09-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Brandon Delfunt, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, Cora Fisher, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Office), Doraville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A1062

    Court affirms re-transfer of a rape case against a 16-year old from juvenile to superior court, where the superior court had originally transferred the case to juvenile court

  • In the Interest of J. D. H., JR., a child.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Williams, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: T. Wilkerson, (Law Office of T. Rabb Wilkerson, III, PC), Warner Robins, for appellee; David Jennings, (Law Office of David Jennings LLC), Warner Robins for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0871

    In a challenge to termination of parental rights, court reverses denial of a father's new trial motion and remands for a hearing on that motion.