• McCloud v. Lowndes County Board of Commissioners et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley Robinson, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Elliott, (Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding, P. C.), Valdosta, for appellee; Jeremy Willis, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman), Valdosta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0683

    Court vacates sovereign-immunity based dismissal of personal injury lawsuit against a Lowndes County employee and remands for clarification of procedural and evidentiary matters

  • The State v. Robertson

    Publication Date: 2023-11-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter Johnson, Lenny Krick, Sherry Boston, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1012

    Court reverses trial court's grant of defendant's motion for a new trial on charges of vehicular homicide and other crimes, finding that error in admitting BAC evidence did not contribute to verdict

  • McLeod v. Costco Wholesale Corp. et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-24
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Murray, Lauren Gregory, Connor Bateman, (Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1055

    General Remedy For Failure to Plead Fraud-Related Claims Was More Definite Statement, Not Dismissal

  • AMAC Two, LLC et al. v. Web, Ltd

    Publication Date: 2023-11-23
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Burleigh Singleton, Ava Conger, (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrea Pawlak, W. Schulten, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0975

    Lease Language Regarding Lessee's Right to Parking Space Was Ambiguous, Precluding Summary Judgment as to Intent

  • Hansford v. Veal et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-22
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Philip Eichelzer, (The Law Offices of P. Kent Eichelzer, III), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Nichols, John Kennedy, (James Bates Brannan Groover, LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0836

    RICO Defendant Could Not Dispute Civil Liability Following Default Judgment

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  • Madison v. Old 41 Farm, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-11-22
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Carolyn Burch, (The Burch Firm LLC), Columbus, Benjamin Vaughn, (Benjamin A. Vaughn, P.C.), Forsyth, for appellant.
    for defendant: S. Tate, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellee; Rusi Patel, (Georgia Municipal Association, Inc.), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A23A0860

    Court reverses grant of writ of mandamus in a sewer availability dispute, noting that a city manager did not abuse her discretion in denying a favorable sewer availability letter

  • Contour Sierra, LLC v. Williams et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-11-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Taube, Peter Munk, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarbrough, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Clay, (Pratt Clay, LLC), Atlanta, Bradley Pratt, Christopher Lambden, (Bayuk Pratt, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1079

    Well-Pled Complaint Allegations Supported Claims on Default for Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress

  • The State v. Crumpton

    Publication Date: 2023-11-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David White, Branden Pollett, (Northern Judicial Cicruit District Attorney’s Office), Hartwell, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Healan, (Attorney at Law), Winder, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0888

    Court reverses trial court's grant of a general demurrer to an indictment for improper sexual contact, ruling that the statute does not require the contact to be in-person

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-09-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kris Sikes, (Barrow County District Attorney's Office), Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1131

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw her guilty plea to one count of methamphetamine possession

  • Golden v. Floyd Healthcare Management, Inc. d/b/a Floyd Medical Center

    Publication Date: 2023-08-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Regas, (Stone Law Group), Atlanta, William Stone, (Stone Law Group - Trial Lawyers, LLC), Blakely, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, Ryals Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, C. Connelly, (Cook & Connelly), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julius Peek, Jason Sanker, Benjamin Stell, (Mcrae Smith Peek Harman & Monroe LLP), Rome, Robert Monroe, (Mcrae, Stegall, Peek ET AL), Cedartown, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A0118

    Medical Malpractice Statute of Repose Not Tolled by COVID-19 Emergency Judicial Orders