• In the Interest of R. M., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Margaret Heap, Kimberly Rowden, (District Attorney), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Beauvais, (Zipperer, Lorberbaum & Beauvais), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1880

    Court affirms juvenile court's entry of an order of dismissal of adjudication of delinquency of a minor that had been arrested for driving under the influence

  • Cowart v. Georgia Power Company

    Publication Date: 2020-03-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jared Lina, (Goldstein & Hayes, P.C.), Atlanta, Gerald Davidson, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Lawrenceville, David Fried, (Fried & Bonder LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Powell, Jay Crowley, (Powell & Edwards), Lawrenceville, Wesley Ross, (Webb, Tanner & Powell), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2318

    Party Did Not Properly Invoke Jurisdiction of the Trial Court When it Attempted to Initiate a New Civil Action by Filing a Contempt Proceeding

  • CaseMetrix LLC v. Sherpa Web Studios, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2020-03-19
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Leonard, (Taylor, Busch, Slipakoff & Duma), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allan Levin, (Cozen and O'Connor), Atlanta, Christopher York, (York Gaskill, LLC), Duluth, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2072

    Court Determines Settlement Offer Invalid as it Was Unclear and Ambiguous About Claims to Which it Applied; Attorneys' Fees Award Reversed

  • Atlanta Metro Leasing, Inc. et al v. City of Atlanta

    Publication Date: 2020-03-18
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Ross, (The Law Firm of Kevin A. Ross, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amber Robinson, Staci Miller, (City of Atlanta, Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2394

    No Written Contract or Franchise Agreement Between City and Taxicab Company Was Created When City Issued Company Certificates of Public Necessity and Convenience

  • Picklesimer v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rafe Banks, (Banks, Stubbs & McFarland, LLP), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Sandra Partridge, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Office of District Attorney), Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2407

    Child Molestation Conviction Is Not Barred by Acquittal for Rape; Defendant Was Not Prejudiced by Alleged Deficiencies as to Dates and Place of Offenses

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  • Moosa Company, LLC v. Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Revenue

    Publication Date: 2020-02-06
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Tax
    Industry: Distribution and Wholesale
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Thompson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Baxter Thompson, Jarrett Martin, (Thompson Singer), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Alex Sponseller, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, John Forbes, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2004

    Superior court properly dismissed appeal of tax commissioner's decision on grounds that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction

  • Floyd et al. v. Chapman

    Publication Date: 2020-02-06
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Murphy, (Kimmey & Murphy, P.C), Atlanta, appellant.
    for defendant: William Hardman, (William S. Hardman, P.C.), Gainesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A2137

    Trial Court Erred in Ordering Property Owners to Remove Utility Lines or Obtain an Easement to Keep Them in Place

  • Dodson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-01-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Betsey Tate, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Americus, appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald McNease, Timothy Eidson, (Pataula Judicial Circuit District Attorneys Office), Cuthbert, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1374

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw a guilty plea, finding no proof to support a claim of ineffective assistance of post-conviction counsel.

  • Aguila v. Kennestone Hospital, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-12-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William James, (William Dixon James, P.C.), Decatur, Charles Gower, Charles Gower, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, Miranda Brash, Shaun O'Hara, (Charles A. Gower PC), Columbus, Michael Terry, Michael Baumrind, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Ivey, Robert Martin, Tyler Pritchard, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Lindsey Mann, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, William Withrow, (Troutman Sanders LLP), Atlanta, Lauren Dimitri, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1492

    Motion to Dismiss Not Appropriate Method of Challenging Claims That Might Later Be Supported With Additional Evidence

  • Restor-It, Inc. v. Beck

    Publication Date: 2019-12-12
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Messer, (Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cory Close, Shaun Foley, (Busch, Reed, Jones & Leeper, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1588

    Company's Performance of Electrical and Plumbing Work Without a License Voided the Contract