Filter This View

  • Files v. The Housing Authority of the City of Douglas

    Publication Date: 2023-08-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Shipley, John Manly, (Manly Shipley LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Blackerby, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0506

    Court reverses grant of summary judgment in favor of a housing authority, finding that it is not a State entity that is entitled to sovereign immunity in a negligence case

  • Pass v. Athens Housing Authority

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Naveen Ramachandrappa, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Peter Law, Ernest Moran, Elizabeth Rose, (Law & Moran), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monica Dean, Parks Stone, Lawrence Washburn, (Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP), Atlanta, Laurie Daniel, Atlanta, Roy Manoll, (Fortson Bentley And Griffin), Athens, Matthew Friedlander, (Webb Daniel Friedlander LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0344

    Court reverses ruling that a City Housing Authority was entitled to summary judgment due to sovereign immunity on a premises liability claim

  • Andy Frain Services, Inc. v. Augusta Mall, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-01
    Practice Area: Contracts | Premises Liability
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Glenn Bass, (Scrudder Bass Quillian Horlock Taylor & Lazarus), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Nicholson, Sam Nicholson, (Nicholson Revell LLP), Augusta, Tracy O’Connell, (Ellis, Painter, Ratterree & Adams, LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0390

    Court affirms order that a security firm has a duty to defend and reverses an order that it has a duty to indemnify in a premises liability case involving a shooting

  • Hammond v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0035

    Court affirms merger of three child molestation convictions and corrected sentence over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance and double jeopardy

  • Allen v. Shepherd, et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Buck, (Buck Law Firm), Peachtree Corners, for appellant.
    for defendant: John O’Brien, (Thompson, O’brien, Kemp & Nasuit, P.C.), Norcross, William Diehl, (Thompson, O’Brien, Kappler & Nasuti, PC), Peachtree Corners, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0463

    Court reverses dismissal of a petition for mandamus to a court clerk because that petition was the petitioner's sole remedy under the facts of his case

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Library of Pennsylvania Family Law Forms, Fourth Edition

    Authors: Joseph S. Britton

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Evans v. Jackson

    Publication Date: 2023-07-20
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Watts, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nathaniel Smith, (Smith & Little, P.C.), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0630

    Court vacates a trial court order dismissing an appeal in a divorce action but dismisses appeal directly because only the appellate court had jurisdiction to do so

  • Lang Enterprises Ltd. Co. d/b/a Lang Restoration & Construction v. Alcue Properties & Interiors, Inc. d/b/a Primrose School of Lawrenceville North.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-19
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie Mark, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, John Rezac, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brandon Wagner, (Lueder Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0087

    Court reverses trial court ruling that vacated an arbitration award in favor of a contractor because there was no evidence that the arbitrator disregarded the law

  • Kendrick v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Virginia Davis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0500

    Court affirms convictions for battery and firearm possession over defendant's contention that he was not present when trial court excused a juror sua sponte

  • The State v. Shoemaker

    Publication Date: 2023-07-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerald Henderson, (Gwinnett County District Attorney), Lawrenceville, Deborah Gonzalez, (Western Judicial Circuit, DA), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Edward Tolley, (Attorney at Law), Athens, Devin Smith, Edward Tolley, (Cook & Tolley LLP), Athens, for appellee; Tasha Mosley, (District Attorney), Jonesboro, Robert Smith, (Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia), Morrow, for AM.
    Case Number: A23A0415

    Repealer of Charging Statute Did Not Mandate That Defendant Charged Within Effective Dates Had to be Tried Within Those Dates

  • Defense Products and Services Group, Inc. et al. v. Kinney et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-07-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Dispute Resolution
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angelo Merolla, (Merolla & Gold, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Horst, Kana Caplan, (Krevolin & Horst, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0228

    Issue of Whether to Confirm Arbitration Award Was Ripe When It Was Decided