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  • In the Interest of C. B., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Lawson, (Lawson & Thornton), Atlanta, Teresa Mann, (Attorney at Law), East Point, for appellant.
    for defendant: Onyema Farrey, (Anene Farrey & Associates, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2269

    Car Court Properly Issued Order of Parentage, Pursuant to Option of Adoption Act, to Mother Who Had Child Through IVF

  • White v. Georgia Department of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2020-01-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lawrence Stockton, (Attorney at Law), Clayton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Penny Hannah, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Richard Highsmith, (The Highsmith Law Firm, PC), Cornelia, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2335

    DFCS Should Not Have Included Mother's Name on Central Child Abuse Registry; Mother's Use of Marijuana While Pregnant Is Not 'Prenatal Abuse'

  • Hughes v. First Acceptance Insurance Company of Georgia, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-06
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Cathey, (Swope Rodante P.A.), Tampa, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Berry, James Evans, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Robin Johnson, (Akerman LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0735

    Insurer is not liable for failing to settle injury claims when injured parties abruptly withdrew a settlement offer

  • The State v. Licata

    Publication Date: 2020-01-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Adam Keller, William Finch, (Solicitor General of Forsyth County), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Woodrow Smith, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1200

    Field sobriety tests will not be suppressed when a suspect was not in custody, but his refusal to perform a breath test cannot be used at the suspect's criminal trial.

  • Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al. v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2019-12-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Casey, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Brantley Rowlen, Victoria Waller, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael St. Amand, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other party. Brittany Wilson, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), San Francisco, Andrew Trask, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Los Angeles, Mark Behrens, (Shook, Hardy & Bacon), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1503

    Former Employee, Who Was Not Acting Under Color of Employment When He Committed Criminal Acts, Proximately Caused Plaintiff's Injuries

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  • Avis Rent A Car System, LLC et al. v. Johnson

    Publication Date: 2019-12-23
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Casey, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Brantley Rowlen, Victoria Waller, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Robert Shannon, (Baker Donelson), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darryl Adams, (Law Offices of Michael L. Neff), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Neff, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. George Welborn, (Downey, Cleveland, Parker & Williams), Marietta, American Car Rental Association, Atlanta, William Custer, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, for other party. Brittany Wilson, (Shook, Hardy, & Bacon L.L.P.), San Francisco, Andrew Trask, (Shook, Hardy, & Bacon L.L.P.), Los Angeles, Mark Behrens, (Shook, Hardy, & Bacon L.L.P.), Washington, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A0928

    Car thief's criminal act was the intervening proximate cause of a party's injuries, and car rental company was not directly or vicariously liable for negligence

  • Gryder et al. v. Conley et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-20
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Walker, (Attorney at Law), Peachtree City, Daniel Gryder, Hampton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Gillis, Lauren Schultz, (James Bates Brannan Groover LLP), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1285

    Questions of Fact Were Presented as to Merits of Breach of Contract, Conversion, and Other Claims Arising From Failed Business Venture

  • Long v. Development Authority of Fulton County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Henry Fellows, Joseph Hart, (Fellows LaBriola LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sandra Zayac, Henry Chalmers, Andrew Stevens, Lauren Woodyard, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Paul Howard, (District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1484

    Court Finds No Reversible Error in Final Orders Validating Bonds for Three Portions of a Development Project

  • Smith et al. v. Camarena et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-13
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation | Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carson Jeffries, (Carter Jeffries, LLC), Atlanta, Ralph Perales, (Perales & Fernandez, LLP), Atlanta, Greg Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Allred, William Barrickman, (Barrickman, Allred & Young, LLC), Atlanta, Lloyd Hedrick, (Hedrick Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1396

    Triable Issue of Fact As To Whether Employee Was Shot and Killed in Parking Lot During Course and Scope of Employment

  • Little et al. v. Jim-Lar Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-12
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Reginald Greene, (Greene Legal Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brantley Rowlen, Robert Marcovitch, Kristin Roquemore, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1169

    No Error in Trial Court's Determination That Plaintiff's Verified Interrogatory Responses Were Inadmissible Due to Her Incompetence