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  • The Eichholz Law Firm PC v. Tate Law Group LLC

    Publication Date: 2016-06-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Branch, Elizabeth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Schiavone Jackson Schiavone, Savannah, and Lloyd Murray, Richmond Hill, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Turner Savage, Turner, Pinson Karsman, and Steven Scheer Scheer Montgomery PC, Savannah, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A1681

    The defendant law firm was entitled to summary judgment on the plaintiff law firm's quantum meruit claim arising out of a fee-splitting agreement, as the plaintiff firm failed to produce any evidenc

  • Horton v. Horton

    Publication Date: 2016-05-13
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Scott Key Miller Key PA, and Pandora E. Palmer, McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashley B. Brannen Brannen Law Group, Atlanta, and Daniel B. Greenfield Law Firm of Jack F. Witcher, Bremen, for appellee.
    Case Number: S16F0167

    In a divorce action, the trial court properly found that a house that was the husband's separate property at the time of the parties' marriage remained his separate property, despite the wife's alle

  • Leadership Preparatory Academy v. Butler

    Publication Date: 2016-05-06
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: McFadden, Christopher J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Fortson and Katherine Kendricks McGuire Woods LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amanda Stinson, Ellenwood, for appellees.
    Case Number: A15A1746

    The superior court had the complete record of the administrative proceedings below when it affirmed the award of unemployment benefits to a former emp

  • Mosley v. Lowe

    Publication Date: 2016-01-26
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jack R. Hancock and Arash A. Sabzevari Freeman Mathis Gary LLP, Forest Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michele M. Young and Brenda J. Smeeton Georgia Justice Project, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus Appellee: Lisa J. Krisher, Phyllis J. Holmen Georgia Legal Services Program, Atlanta, Nancy R. DeVetter Georgia Legal Services, Savannah, and Sharon M. Dietrich Community Legal Services Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
    Case Number: S15A1722

    The recent amendments to Georgia's criminal history record information statute, O.C.G.A. § 35-3-37, apply to information regarding arrests that occurred prior to the amendments' effective

  • Belcher v. Belcher

    Publication Date: 2016-01-22
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Melton, Harold D.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Beth Forwood Forwood Law LLC, Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barry L. Fitzpatrick, Danielsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S15A1451

    In a dispute over unpaid alimony, the trial court improperly awarded the wife attorney fees under O.C.G.A. § 9-4-9, since an award under that statute allows only costs, whi

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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