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  • Ellis v. Hartford Run Apartments LLC

    Publication Date: 2015-12-07
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carson Jeffries HPJ Legal Services LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Joseph Quirk and Kathleen Quirk Quirk Quirk, Atlanta, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A0879

    The plaintiffs submitted sufficient evidence to create a question of fact for jury resolution in their negligence suit against their landlord, in which they alleged that their property was damaged

  • Anderson v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Barnes, Anne Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lyle Anderson, Dalton, proceeded pro se. Leigh Patterson, District Attorney, and Randall Schonder District Attorney's Office, Rome, for appellee.
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    Case Number: A15A0998

    Given the Court's difficulty in determining what the defendant's claims were on appeal due to his failure to conform to the Court of Appeals Rules and in light of the overwhelming evidence in the ca

  • Martin v. State

    Publication Date: 2015-11-11
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Maurice G. Kenner Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Thomas S. Clegg Clegg Daniels LLC, Decatur, Ty Alper UC Berkeley School of Law, and Bidish Sarma, Berkeley, CA, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amicus Appellant: John R. Martin Martin Brothers PC, Robert L. Rothman Arnall Golden Gregory LLP, Atlanta, David E. Weiss, and Rebecca Gindi Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA. Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Atlanta, Lenny I. Krick, Assistant District Attorney, Decatur, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Richard Tangum, and Sabrina D. Graham, Assistant Attorneys General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Brian Kammer Georgia Resource Center, Atlanta, and Charles A. Spahos Prosecuting Attorneys' Counsel of Georgia, Morrow.
    Case Number: S15P0675

    The evidence supported the defendant's convictions and death sentences in connection with the rape of his girlfriend, the aggravated sodomy against her in the presence of their 2-year-old child and

  • Helms Greene LLC v. Willis

    Publication Date: 2015-08-17
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Andrews, Gary Blaylock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Greene Helms Greene LLC, Jonathan Hawkins, Jeffrey Horst, and Christopher Adams Krevolin Horst LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Kertscher Hill, Kertscher Wharton LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A15A0361

    Kirk Willis, an attorney and the former managing member of the Dallas, Texas office of Helms Greene, LLC, filed an action against Helms Greene in the trial court to r

  • In re Estate of Thompson

    Publication Date: 2015-08-03
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Hollomon, Warner Robins, for appellant.
    for defendant: W. Dennis Mullis, Cochran, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph Marchant, Eastman.
    Case Number: A15A0558

    Robyn Thompson is a developmentally disabled adult and the daughter of Ben Thompson. Janice Driggers, Ben's mother, appeals from an order granting guardianship of Robyn to Ben. Driggers contend

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  • In the Matter of Tanya Y. Brockington

    Publication Date: 2015-07-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Tanya Y. Brockington Brockington Legal Services, Homewood, IL. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S15Y1099

    The Supreme Court disbarred an attorney based on her abandonment of three clients' legal ma

  • In the Matter of Tanya Y. Brockington

    Publication Date: 2015-07-31
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paula J. Frederick, General Counsel, and Jonathan W. Hewett, Assistant General Counsel State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta. Tanya Y. Brockington Brockington Legal Services, Homewood, IL. Anthony B. Askew, Chairperson Review Panel, Atlanta.
    for defendant:
    Case Number: S15Y1099

    This disciplinary matter is before the Court on a Notice of Discipline seeking the disbarment of Tanya Yvette Brockington State Bar No. 259287 based on her abandonment of three clients. Brocki

  • Fisher Phillips LLP v. Amerex Envtl. Techs. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-16
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Miller, M. Yvette
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Moore Van Sant Law LLC, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Pircon and Brian McMahon, Batavia, Ill., proceeded pro se.
    Case Number: A15A0206

    The trial court erred in sua sponte dismissing a law firm's action seeking to recover more than $129K in unpaid invoices for legal services, as the firm was not required to verify t plaint and

  • In the Interest of B. R. F.

    Publication Date: 2015-06-12
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Phipps, Herbert E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Rawlings McMillan Rawlings LLP, Sandersville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Shalen Nelson, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Penny Hannah, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, and Tammy Griner, Griffin, for appellee. Other party representation: Todd Harding, Michael Feltman, Griffin, Roger Montgomery, Talbotton, and Charles O'Neill, Zebulon. Amicus: Lisa Krisher, Phyllis Holmen, Vicky Kimbrell Georgia Legal Services Program Inc., Atlanta, and Jane Okransinski Georgia Ass'n of Counsel for Children, Athens.
    Case Number: A14A1536

    The Court found that it had jurisdiction to grant an out-of-time application for discretionary appeal from an order terminating a mother's parental rights, because the mother's due process rights we

  • Bell v. Waffle House Inc.

    Publication Date: 2015-05-04
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Doyle, Sara L.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Stevens and Ronald Stevens Stevens Stevens LLC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandon Elleby and Robert Ingram Moore, Ingram, Johnson Steele LLP, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A14A2303

    Since the plaintiff did not dispute the reasonableness of the defendant's attorneys' fees and made only a procedural argument unrelated to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the defendant's