• Darden v. Progressive Mountain Insurance Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Calabro, (Attorney at Law), Chamblee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elliot Durham, (Blake Durham Law, LLC), Evans, William Turnipseed, (Savell & Williams), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0369

    Court affirms summary judgment to one insurer but reverses as to another in a contractual insurance coverage dispute over whether certain policy exclusions applied

  • Backman v. Backman

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathy Portnoy, (Portnoy, Garner & Nail, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Norman Cuadra, (Norman H. Cuadra, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0428

    Immigrant's sponsor had a federal support obligation notwithstanding a waiver of support in a prenuptial agreement, but that obligation was limited by her income

  • Patel v. Duke Hospitality, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Privacy
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Christy, Jonathan Akins, (Schreeder Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Hawkins, (James W Hawkins LLC), Cumming, Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Davis, (Ichter Davis, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0277

    Court reverses summary judgment order that had been against former employee's claims of computer violations, invasion of privacy, and conversion

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Weston, (The Weston Law Firm), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney’s Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0299

    Court reverses convictions for robbery by force because defendant's trial addressed three incidents that occurred over thirteen months, which should have been severed

  • Nelson v. McKenzie

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Pawlak, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alyson Lembeck, (Ellis Funk, P.C.), Atlanta, Juliette Lavallee, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0199

    Court reverses order that modified a father's child support payments due to errors in calculating his income and in evaluating educational expenses

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  • T-Mobile South, LLC v. Crittenden

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Tresh, (Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP), Atlanta, Alla Raykin, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alex Sponseller, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Mitchell Watkins, (Georgia Attorney General’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee; Joshua Belinfante, Daniel Monahan, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC), Atlanta, Keith Blackwell, Lee Deneen, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Mark Johnson, Judson Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin P.C.), Brunswick, Colin Delaney, Anthony Rollins, Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for AM.

    Case Number: A22A0095

    Court vacates ruling that a telecom company was not entitled to a sales tax refund under a high-tech exemption and remands case for further consideration

  • Grimes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Woodrow Smith, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, Jodi Spiegel, (Henry County District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0076

    Court reverses order revoking a defendant's probation because that order was based on inadmissible hearsay and defendant's due process rights were violated

  • Donegal Mutual Insurance Group v. Jarrett

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel Woodhouse, (The Woodhouse Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles McAleer, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0390

    Court affirms summary judgment for injured worker in an action by workers' compensation insurer to enforce a subrogation lien against a lump sum settlement

  • Mildred Toomer, in her Capacity as Administrator of the Estate of Milton McBride v. Metro Ambulance Services, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Cuffie, Magua Benson, (Cuffie & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Wolcott, Arthur Park, Sarah MaCkimm, Caitlin Amick, (Mozley Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0160

    Court reverses dismissal of wrongful death cause of action that was added to a personal injury complaint after expiration of the statute of limitations

  • Valade v. Meriwether & Tharp, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Practice Area: Privacy
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Neuberger, (Neuberger Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, Zachary Lewis, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Aaron Strimban, Robert Tidwell, (Tidwell & Strimban, LLC), Woodstock, John Burns, (Burns Law Group, PC), Canton, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0330

    Court reverses summary judgment that had been against plaintiff's invasion of privacy claim, finding that the claim was not barred by the abusive litigation statute