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  • Elrod v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-16
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney At Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cliff Head, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, Shannon Wallace, (District Attorney), Canton, Caitlin Adcock, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1832

    Court affirms drug conviction but vacates recidivist sentence due to failure to consider defendant's due process rights

  • Sexton-Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel Porter, Ramona Sakhanokho, (District Attorney Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2066

    Counsel's Failure to Challenge Open Container of Alcohol Charge Harmed Defendant; Conviction Reversed as Void Ab Initio

  • Hines v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Betsey Tate, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julia Slater, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2405

    Trial Court Improperly Allowed State to Introduce Evidence of DFCS Investigation Into Child's Injuries, Child's Placement, and DFCS Safety Plan

  • Giddens v. The Medical Center of Central Georgia

    Publication Date: 2020-03-11
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Roy Meeks, Amanda Speier, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Michael Bailey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2439

    Nurses Had a Duty to Assure That Patient Received Antibiotic Before Surgery; Court Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment to Medical Center on Professional Negligence Claim

  • Burlison v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: April Weeks, (Weeks Law, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Herbert Poston, (District Attorney), Dalton, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2480

    Even if Court Erred in Charging Jury on Flight, the Charge Was Harmless Given Overwhelming Evidence of Guilt

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  • Ortho Sport & Spine Physicians Savannah, LLC v. Chappuis et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-01-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yasha Heidari, Yenniffer Delgado, (Heidari Power Law Group LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thurbert Baker, Mark Trigg, Uchenna Ekuma-Nkama, Mark Silver, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Scott Bonder, Joseph White, Matthew Kahn, (Fried & Bonder, LLC), Atlanta, Richard Sanders, (The Sanders Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, Jeffrey Mustari, (Southern Health Lawyers, LLC (a Sanders & Mustari Law Firm)), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A1408

    Court remands case for evaluation of motion to strike scandalous matter under the correct legal standard

  • Cannon et al. v. Oconee County

    Publication Date: 2019-12-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Meredith Watts, (The Watts Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Darl Champion, (The Champion Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1570

    Trial Court Erred in Denying Motion to Add Sheriff in His Official Capacity as a Defendant in Wrongful Death Action

  • Cham et al. v. ECI Management Corporation et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-10
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Campbell, Daniel Beer, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hall, Jeffery Saxby, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1336

    Court reverses jury verdict due to trial court's error in granting a jury charge on assumption of risk in a negligence and wrongful death action

  • Thornton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-12-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jad Johnson, (Office of the Public Defender), Lafayette, for appellant.
    for defendant: Herbert Franklin, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Megan Deitz, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1237

    Court affirms obstruction and other convictions over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and trial court error on jury instructions

  • Gatto et al. v. City of Statesboro et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-25
    Practice Area: Government | Insurance Law | Personal Injury
    Industry: Insurance | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Rogers, Gilbert Deitch, Kara Phillips, (Deitch & Rogers, LLC), Atlanta, William D'Antignac, (Deitch & Rogers LLC), Atlanta, Charles Johnson, (Law Offices of James C. McLaughlin), Atlanta, Naveen Ramachandrappa, Michael Terry Amanda Seals, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, George Spears, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Bennett, Richard Gignilliat, John Stivarius, (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Seth Friedman, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith), Atlanta, Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A19A1408

    City's Purchase of Liability Insurance Did Not Waive Sovereign Immunity Defense Against Personal Injury Claims