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  • Callaway Gardens Resort, Inc. et al. v. Grant et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-28
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leslie Becknell, Hall McKinley, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Ann Searcy, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, James Rice, (James A. Rice, Jr., P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0856

    Court reverses partial summary judgment for a plaintiff and affirms denial of defendant's summary judgment motion in a premises liability case

  • Harris v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dewaymon Harris, (Jenkins Correctional Facility), Millen, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Doupe, Terry Lloyd, (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Thomson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0736

    Court affirms denial of motion to vacate or correct a void sentence because that sentence was within statutory guidelines, regardless of improper recidivist enhancement

  • Durham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, Bruce Roberts, (District Attorney), LaFayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0867

    Court reverses convictions for methamphetamine possession and possession of a weapon because only uncorroborated accomplice testimony was entered against defendant

  • McDonald v. Reyes

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lockhart, (Bradford & Lockhart, P.C.), LaFayette, Benjamin Bradford, (Benjamin T. Bradford, P.C.), Benjamin T. Bradford, P.C., for appellant.
    for defendant: Lawrence Stagg, (Attorney at Law), Ringgold, for appellee; Adam Cathey, (Law Office of Adam C. Cathey), Ringgold, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1015

    Equitable Caregiver Action Barred Where State Agency Had Ongoing Case Involving Mother and Different Child

  • Harvard v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-27
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mickey Waller, (Mickey E. Waller, PC), Moultrie, for appellant.
    for defendant: Catherine Smith, (Assistant District Attorney), Thomasville, Bradfield Shealy, (District Attorney Southern Judicial Circuit), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1142

    Defendant Failed to Show Prejudice From Trial Counsel's Failure to Call Expert Witness to Challenge Forensic Interviews of Victims

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    Authors: Joseph W. Bartlett, Peter L. Korn, Jr., David J. Mittelstadt, Cathy L. Reese, Michael A. Rueda

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  • Hackett v. Stapleton et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Lavoie, (Bruce, Mathews & Lavoie), Statesboro, Susan Cox, (Susan W. Cox, LLC), Peachtree Corners Paige Navarro, (Hall & Navarro, LLC), Statesboro, for appellee; Courtney Anderson, (C. Joiner Anderson & Associates, PC), Lyons, Susan Cox, (Susan W. Cox, LLC), Peachtree Corners, Cheryl Kelly, (C. Kelly Law LLC), Atlanta, Marcol Harvey, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0773

    Court affirms equitable custody of a minor child to his primary caregivers and denial of father's legitimation, petition and remands for assessment of legal and physical custody

  • Vaughn v. Vaughn

    Publication Date: 2022-09-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Austin Buerlein, (Elovitz, Edwards, O’Nan & Buerlein, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Zezima, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0621

    Court reverses trial court's impermissible modification of a divorce settlement decree but affirms award of certain costs due to concessions made by husband's lawyer

  • Knaack v. Henley Park Homeowners Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-26
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Metzger, Gala Villahoz, (Williams Teusink, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rebecca Strickland, Christine Russell, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0743

    Court vacates summary judgment for an association as to a property owner's claims that should be brought as a derivative action and remands for dismissal of those claims

  • Rozier v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Solo Practicioner), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0642

    Court affirms convictions on two counts of aggravated cruelty to animals but vacates defendant's sentence and remands for resentencing due to merger error

  • Hamilton Mill Theatre Development, LLC v. Regal Cinemas, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-09-23
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Hawkins, (James W Hawkins LLC), Cumming, Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Perry, Jennifer Collins, (Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, PLLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0715

    Court affirms summary judgment for commercial tenant in a dispute over nonpayment of rent when tenant's operations were suspended during the pandemic