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  • Slaughter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny Smith, (The Law Office of Jenny C. Smith, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, David Wolfe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1162

    Court affirms convictions for home invasion and other crimes over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • State v. Glanton

    Publication Date: 2023-03-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jana Jacobson, (Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit), Royston, Michael Syrop, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Hunter Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law, LLC), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1381

    Court affirms dismissal of drug and driving charges where officers stopped the defendant without a reasonable and articulable basis for detaining him

  • BPG Inspection, LLC et al. v. Omstead

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Contracts | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Burch, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Chance, Lance Lourie, Andrew King, (Watkins Lourie Roll Chance PC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1730

    Court enforces a one-year contractual limitations period for actions in tort and contract and reverses award to a plaintiff that sued for wrongful death damages

  • Underwood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristin Waller, (Attorney at Law), Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Patrick Najjar, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1448

    Court affirms convictions for trafficking of methamphetamine and other crimes over defendant's challenge to denial of her motion to suppress evidence

  • City of Alpharetta v. Francis et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-02-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Cowan, Dana Maine, Marrissa Dunn, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Mirabella, (Mahaffey Pickens Tucker, LLP), Marietta, Mark Weinstein, Camesha Mitchell, (Law Offices of Mark Weinstein P.C.), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1533

    Court reverses denial of a municipality's motion to dismiss a claim where the claimant's ante litem notice included a range but not a specific damages amount

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  • Goldoller Management Services, LLC et al. v. Kristian Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-01-23
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Roger Sumrall, Paige Cobbs, (Bendin Sumrall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Glass, James Robson, (Glass & Robson, LLC), Atlanta, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellee; Charles Hall, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A1567

    Court reverses denial of summary judgment for defendant in a premises liability action, finding that injured party had greater knowledge of the threat than defendant

  • O'Brien v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jackie Patterson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jamie Inagawa, Joseph Myers, (Fayette County Solicitor-General Fayette County Justice Center), Fayetteville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1248

    Court vacates bench trial convictions for DUI and other crimes and remands for a hearing on whether knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived her right to a jury

  • Palencia v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-12-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Clark, (Clark & Towne, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Drew Unger, Daniel Porter, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0163

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court affirmed convictions for burglary and other crimes over claims of failure to give jury an accomplice instruction

  • Ramos v. Owens

    Publication Date: 2022-12-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Harry Daniels, (Law offices of Harry M. Daniels, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Adelman, Hugh Rowling, Lauren Bruce, (Cobb County Attorney’s Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1409

    Court affirms dismissal of inmate's negligence complaint against a county sheriff because of failure to establish waiver of sovereign immunity

  • Mimbs v. Henry County Schools

    Publication Date: 2022-12-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Education
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Black, (Blue Sky Law), Atlanta, Angelina Whitaker, (Blue Sky Law), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: William White, Matthew Collum, (Smith, Welch, Webb, & White), McDonough, Megan Rittle, (Attorney at Law), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0327

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, court reverses summary judgment for a school district, ruling that retaliatory discharge action was not time-barred