• Everett v. Parker

    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Monroe, (John Monroe Law, P.C.), Dawsonville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Parker, Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1534

    Court reverses issuance of stalking protective order for insufficient evidence of stalking victim's emotional distress or reasonable fear

  • Soundara v. AMB Sports & Entertainment, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Alexandria Seay, Rishi Pattni, (Bird Law Group), Atlanta, T. Bell, (Bell Injury Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ronald Gaither, Mitchell Robinson, Jarvarus Gresham, (BakerHostetler LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; Joseph Rahimi, John Hubert, (Rahimi, Hughes & Padgett, LLC), Savannah, Marc Bardack, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Carlos Fernandez, (Meriwether & Tharp LLC), Atlanta, for Other party.

    Case Number: A23A1449

    Court affirms summary judgment for a stadium and security in an injury case involving a brawl, but reverses summary judgment for defendants as to injured victims assault and battery claims

  • Murphy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sara Becker, (Sara Stewart Law Group), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, (Douglas County District Attorney), Douglasville, Aimee Sobhani, (DeKalb County Government-Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1395

    Court affirms in part and vacates in part a trial court order revoking defendant's probation, and remands for evaluation of revocation based solely on proven violations

  • Carnegay v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Savannah, Steven West, (Days & West, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leslie Becknell, Michael Miller, Douglas Smith, (Drew, Eckl & Farnham, LP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1758

    Court affirms summary judgment for retailer and against plaintiff who sued for battery and false imprisonment after a security officer beat him with a baton in a shoplifting incident

  • Williams v. Dekalb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-03-22
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ed Williams, (Concerned Citizens For Effective Government), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bennett Bryan, Shaheem Williams, Laura Johnson, Terry Phillips, (DeKalb County Law Department), Decatur, Ken Jarrard, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Brent Herrin, Gus Small, Benjamin Klehr, (Small Herrin, LLP) Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0508

    Court concludes that a taxpayer has standing to dispute a county commissioner's salary Increase, but affirms dismissal of taxpayer's complaint on other grounds

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  • Sharpe v. McCartney

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick O’Connor, Amelia Stevens, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1550

    Court affirms dismissal of action for excessive use of force by the police, concluding it was not a proper renewal action where plaintiff's original case was dismissed for lack of diligence in service

  • Ponders v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Micah Gates, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Dalton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Kenemer, John Helton, Megan Parker, (McCamy, Phillips, Tuggle & Fordham, LLP), Dalton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1780

    Court affirms conviction for child molestation over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel

  • Toliver v. Dawson et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-26
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Wardlaw, (The Law Office of Charles Wardlaw), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Martin, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Rodney Dillard, (Bake Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC), Birmingham, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1252

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury vehicle accident claim due to expiration of statute of limitations

  • Barrett v. Bryan

    Publication Date: 2024-01-02
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kyle Krejci, (The Law Office of Kyle Krejci, LLC), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: A. Rockefeller, (The Rockefeller Law Center), Warner Robins, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1644

    Court affirms denial of spouse's request for appointment of a guardian ad litem where child custody was at issue in a divorce case

  • WW3 Ventures, LLC v. The Bank of New York Mellon As Successor Trustee Under Novastar Mortgage Funding Trust Series 2006-2

    Publication Date: 2023-12-04
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Ayoub, Carolina Bryant, (Ayoub & Mansour LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Gilroy, (The Gilroy Firm), Atlanta, Matthew Totten, (The Totten Firm, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; James Blum, (Blum & Campbell, LLC), Peachtree Corners, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0719

    Court affirms that a bidder for a lien on property took title to the property subject to a mortgagor's security interest where security deed did not include a witness attestation