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  • St. Jude's Recovery Center, Inc. v. Vaughn

    Publication Date: 2020-05-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Levinson, Matthew Barr, Elliott Ream, (Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Clay, (Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial), Atlanta, Bradley Pratt, (Pratt Clay, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Sandra Foster, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter, LLC), Savannah, Tracie Macke, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A2438

    Drug Treatment Facility Did Not Breach Duty of Care to Ensure Rape Victim's Safety; The Fact That a Plaintiff Was Vulnerable Does Not Make an Attack Upon Her Foreseeable

  • Schuman v. Georgia Department of Human Services

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James McIlvaine, (Williams Litigation Group, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta Jennifer Mock, (The Mock Law Firm, LLC), Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Elizabeth Penland, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1924

    Court reverses dismissal of petition seeking review of including a petitioner's name on a child abuse registry

  • Clack et al. v. Hasnat et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Evidence | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Evan Mermelstein, (Law Offices of Evan R. Mermelstein, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1742

    Court affirms verdict in favor of defendants in a wrongful death motorcycle accident case

  • Martin v. Chasteen

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Blaine Norris, (Blaine A. Norris PC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, Zachary Lewis, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1980

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of insurance agent on questions of coverage in an insured party's policy.

  • Lucas v. Charles Schwab & Company Inc. Ira Account No. XXXX-2410 et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Panos Constantinides, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keisha Coleman, (McGuirewoods LLP), Bainbridge, Jeremy Moulton, (The Moulton Firm), Conyers, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1991

    Court affirms verdict that a decedent's ex-wife was the primary beneficiary of his IRA on the basis of his ratification of his agent's actions.

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  • Pennington v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jeffrey Peil, (Huggins Peil, LLC), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Syms, Mary Bitting, (District Attorneys Office, Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0154

    Court reverses conviction for intent to distribute controlled substances near a school because of trial court error in failing to instruct jury on an affirmative defense

  • In Re Adams et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bernard Brody, (Brody Law Firm), Atlanta, Lawrence Zimmerman, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, Kenneth Kondritzer, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1723

    Court reverses finding of direct criminal contempt against two attorneys because their due process rights had been violated

  • Carly Ray Industries, Inc. et al. v. Mays

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Romero Pearson, (Pearson Law Group, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Reginald Greene, (Greene Legal Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1726

    Court affirms denial of employer's directed verdict motion in former employee's lawsuit for malicious prosecution and other torts.

  • Dutt v. Mannar and Company, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Entertainment and Sports Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Lloyd Hoffspiegel, Alexander Hoffspiegel, (Hoffspiegel & Associates), Atlanta, Bret Moore, (Broughton Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Schroder, Sabrina Atkins, Emily Marshall, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2130

    Fitness Center Employee Had No Duty to Call 911 After Participant In Free Training Class Began Experiencing Chest Pain

  • Murphy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-07
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Leigh Webster, (Strickland Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joyette Holmes, Amelia Pray, John Melvin, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2105

    Trial Court's Failure to Disclose Jury's Numerical Mid-Deliberation Vote Split Was Not Plain Error