• Cobb Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Cobb Hospital et al. v. Georgia Department of Community Health et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-12-03
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Armando Basarrate, David Conley, David Darden, (Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, David Conley, Robert Ingram, (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Roxana Tatman, Daniel Walsh, Monica Sullivan, Cathelynn Tio, (Department of Law, State of Georgia), Atlanta, Forrest Pearce, (Ray and Gregory, LLC), Atlanta, Frank Berry, (Commissioner, Dept. of Community Health), Atlanta, Robert Threlkeld, Elliott Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A2009

    On remand from the Supreme Court over due process, the Court again denies a hospital's challenge to a certificate of need determination for a new health facility.

  • Matthews v. Mills

    Publication Date: 2020-11-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Pfahl, (Pfahl Law), Tyrone, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gary Bunch, (Gary Bunch, P.C.), Carrollton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1055

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Granting Summary Judgment on Libel and Slander Claims; Attorneys' Fees Award Sanction Is Remanded

  • Tift Regional Medical Center Foundation, Inc. v. Geico General Insurance Company et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-23
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Insurance Law | Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Travis Hargrove, Abigail Miller, (The Finley Firm), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Hammer, Elizabeth Lowrey, Erica Parsons, Samuel Sabulis, (Lueder Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. Chip Morris, (Morris Law Firm), Tifton, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1266

    Promissory Estoppel Did Not Preclude Hospital From Enforcing Lien After Insurers Paid Entire Settlement Amounts to Patient

  • Harned v. Piedmont Healthcare Foundation, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Irving Harned, Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jesse Broocker, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, David Hanson, (Weathington Smith, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0901

    Court dismisses pro se plaintiff's notice of appeal due to lack of jurisdiction because no timely notice of appeal as pending

  • Phillips et al. v. Harris et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Legal Malpractice
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amelia Phillips, (Phillips Law, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Ney, (William Brent Ney, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1367

    Attorney's Failure to Properly Argue Damages Exemption Issue Proximately Caused Jury's Wrongful Liability Determination

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  • American Reliable Insurance Company v. Lancaster, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-02
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Seth Kirby, Jessica Samford, (Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Hollomon, (Attorney at Law), Warner Robins, for appellee. Macie Yawn, Cochran, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A0869

    Court reverses denial of insurer's summary judgment motion, finding that an agent had no authority to accept premiums and that no policy was in effect to cover a loss

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Anderson, (Atlanta Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Barbara Sosebee, (District Attorney), Blue Ridge, Elizabeth Mackey, (Appalachian Circuit District Attorney's Office), Jasper, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0831

    Court affirms convictions for armed robbery and other crimes over defendant's contention of ineffective assistance of counsel and insufficient evidence

  • State v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anne Long, (Assistant Conflict Defender), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1204

    Court affirms order suppressing evidence seized in an illegal search and seizure when police were not legally present on a defendant's property at the time of his arrest

  • Westbrook v. Eidys

    Publication Date: 2020-10-14
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Ashmore, (The Law Office of Lee S. Ashmore), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0963

    Court vacates and remands legitimation and joint custody order for the trial court to determine if those actions are in the best interest of a child

  • Crews v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Worthington, (Fleming & Nelson, LLP), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Natalie Paine, Henry Syms, (Office of the District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1426

    Defendant Was Properly Informed That Rejecting Plea Offer Could Result in Lengthy Mandatory Prison Term