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  • Carswell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Forrest Pearce, (Pearce, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, (Assistant District Attorney Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0131

    Felony Receiving Stolen Property Conviction Not Supported by Adequate Evidence of Fair Cash Market Value

  • Bell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Adams, (The Snyder Adams Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Edwards, Marietta, Flynn Broady, Samuel D'entremont, (District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1708

    Sufficient Evidence Supported Elder Exploitation Convictions

  • In the Interest of K. L., a Child

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Shaw, (Shaw Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Harris, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Andy Pham, (Pham Law Office, LLC), Newnan, Homer Jordan, (Law Office of Homer P. Jordan IV), Kennesaw, for appellee; Doris Orleck, (Attorney at Law), Newnan, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1233

    Court affirms order denying an aunt and uncle's petition for custody of a child because they lacked standing to be adjudicated as equitable caregivers

  • Eley et al. v. Fedee

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Agatston, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, John Williamson, (Williamson & York, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Schreck, (Savell & Williams, LLP), Atlanta, Catalina Alvarez, (Law Offices of Andrews & Manganiello), Tucker, for appellee; Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta for AM.
    Case Number: A21A1513

    Impact Rule Applies to All Straightforward Claims of Negligence and Gross Negligence

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Melissa Pittman, (Assistant District Attorney Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1306

    Court reverses conviction for misdemeanor obstruction of a police officer where the officer did not have a reasonable and articulable suspicion to stop a defendant

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  • Fireman's Fund Insurance Company v. Holder Construction Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-15
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Jones, (The Jones Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Hankins, Katherine Barton, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1558

    Court determines that trial court erred in excluding expert testimony an all matters that were not conclusions of law, and in granting summary judgment on causation

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1672

    Court affirms conviction for statutory rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Miles v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Georgia Public Defender Council - The Appellate Division), Atlanta, Grace Liu, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1378

    Trial Court's Failure to Instruct on Lesser-Included Offense In Absence of Written Request Not Reversible Error

  • Ron Johnson, Jr. Enterprises, Inc. v. Hartry et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Foster, Elizabeth Bentley, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, John Stewart, Amanda Smith, (Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Warshauer, Trent Shuping, (Warshauer Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0302

    Court reverses an order that re-transferred venue back to the original County in which the case originated

  • Ansley Walk Condominium Association, Inc. et al. v. The Atlanta Development Authority d/b/a Invest Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-14
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Morris, Joseph Jacobson, (Holt Ney Zatcoff & Wasserman, LLP), Atlanta, Steven Wald, Michael Smith, (Stewart, Wald & McCulley, LLC), St. Louis, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Alpert, Jeffrey Douglass, Douglas Hance, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey Zachman, Nathan Garroway, Jeffrey Zachman, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1623

    Court affirms denial of class certification as to inverse condemnation and trespass claims because of differences in putative class members' claims