• Heritage Roof Truss, Inc. v. Leeper et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-30
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Marschalk, Michelle Whitelaw, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Reed, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Cory Close, (Busch Reed & Jones, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee; Chad Shultz, Vernon Hill, (Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP), Atlanta, Ryan Wilhelm, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, Nanette Wesley, (Wesley Firm, LLC), Roswell, Samantha Skolnick, (Bloom Parham LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A1066

    Court reverses denial of motion to dismiss amended complaint where defendant was added after expiration of statute and did not know it would be named as a party

  • Cunningham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Hicks, (Law Office of Gregory A. Hicks), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cliff Head, Shannon Wallace, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0819

    Court confirms conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor over defendant's challenges to the sufficiency of evidence.

  • Allen v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Johnson, (Law Office of Mickey Johnson), Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Lawson, Richard Perryman, Jennifer Smith, Chase Studstill, (Alapaha Judicial Circuit Distritct Attorney’s Office), Nashville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0969

    Evidence at Trial of Second, Uncharged Crime Had Little Probative Value And Was Highly Prejudicial

  • Cosby v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Derek Wright, (Derek M. Wright LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Fani Willis, Lyndsey Rudder, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0701

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to withdraw a non-negotiated guilty plea to convictions for rape, kidnapping, and other crimes

  • Green v. Georgia Department of Corrections et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-07
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights | Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mario Williams, (HDR LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Menefee, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Angela Cusimano, Peter Fisher, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0930

    Prisoner's State-Law Medical Malpractice Suit Not Valid Renewal of Earlier Suit in Federal Court

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  • Wells Fargo Bank, NA v. American Builders and Contractors Supply Co., Inc. d/b/a ABC Supply Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-04
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erin Howell, (Burr & Forman LLP), Atlanta, Benjamin Coulter, (Burr & Forman LLP), Birmingham, Kevin Stone, (Sugarman Law LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Hays, (Hays Potter & Martin LLP), Peachtree Corners, for appellee; Brown Rooftops, LLC, Jackson, for other party.

    Case Number: A22A0793

    Court reverses denial of a motion to set aside a default judgment in a garnishment action where no answer to an amended pleading was required

  • Franco-Arroyo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-18
    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: Cliff Head, Shannon Wallace, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0854

    Court affirms convictions for child pornography and attempted child molestation over challenges to sufficiency of evidence and claims of ineffective assistance

  • Nails v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-10-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Yancey, (James A. Yancey, Jr., Attorney At Law, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, Benjamin Gephardt, (District Attorney’s Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Kingsland, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0904

    Court vacates denial of defendant's request for public funding for ancillary defense services and remands for determination of whether defendant is indigent

  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tracy Mullis, (Office of the Public Defender - Cordele Circuit), Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jennifer Hart, (Assistant District Attorney), Tifton, Bradford Rigby, (District Attorney’s Office of the Cordele Judicial), Cordele, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0633

    Court affirms convictions for making a false statement, hindering apprehension of a

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-09-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kenneth Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Smyrna, Lela Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A22A0671

    Court affirms conviction for rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claims of ineffective assistance of counsel