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  • Karekezi et al. v. Pinnacle Systems, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-03
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Louise Smith, (Smith Law, LLC), Dacula, William Smith, (Smith Law, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: P. Freed, Elissa Haynes, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, Joseph Menello, (Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, PC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1545

    Court affirms dismissal of a personal injury complaint against a safety system manufacturer, which had provided adequate warnings regarding the use of the system

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Troy Golden, (Assistant Public Defender), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melinda Wynne, Gregory Edwards, (District Attorney’s Office, Dougherty Judicial Cir), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1269

    Court affirms convictions for rape, incest, and related crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of evidentiary errors

  • Equity Prime Mortgage v. Greene For Congress, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-12-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brent Wilson, Timothy Holdsworth, (Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Clare, Elizabeth Locke, Megan Meier, Daniel Watkins, (Clare Locke LLP), Alexandria, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harry MacDougald, Christine Buckler, (Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & DeLoach, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee; David Guldenschuh, (Attorney at Law), Rome, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0877

    Court agrees that defendant's speech was covered by the anti-SLAPP statute but vacates dismissal of complaint and remands for review of the merits of plaintiff's claims

  • Dodge County Hospital Authority v. Seay et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-11-30
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Coles, Aaron Tady, (Coles Barton LLP), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jonathan Seay, McRae, for appellee; Emmitte Griggs, Norman Pearson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0741

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss a malpractice claim that was couched as a negligence claim because plaintiff did not include an expert affidavit

  • Clarke v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Anthony Volkodav, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0802

    Court affirms convictions for fraud in obtaining food stamps over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence.

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  • The State v. Dorsey

    Publication Date: 2022-08-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melinda Wynne, Gregory Edwards, (District Attorney's Office, Dougherty Judicial Cir), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lela Acker, (Georgia Public Defender Council, Appellate Division), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0589

    Court affirms ruling that defendant's plea counsel was constitutionally ineffective and remands for consideration of appropriate remedy other than a new trial

  • Nelson v. McKenzie

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrea Pawlak, (Schulten Ward & Turner, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alyson Lembeck, (Ellis Funk, P.C.), Atlanta, Juliette Lavallee, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0199

    Court reverses order that modified a father's child support payments due to errors in calculating his income and in evaluating educational expenses

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-22
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Williams, (Western Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Deborah Gonzalez, Robert Schollmeyer, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Athens, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0473

    Trial Counsel Was Not Ineffective In Representing Defendant Accused of First Degree Cruelty to Children

  • Scott v. Smith-Denton

    Publication Date: 2022-07-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samantha Mandell, Rachel Sullivan, (Kendall Mandell LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Evans, (Franklin Evans Law Firm), Chestnut Mountain, Scott Kuperberg, (The Kuperberg Law Firm, LLC), Norcross, David Dorer, (Dozier Law Firm, LLC), Macon, Jonathan Broderick, Suzette Broderick, (Broderick Law Group), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0486

    Court reverses award of default judgement where defendant had not been properly served and substitute affidavit of service was not acceptable

  • Berg v. Beaver

    Publication Date: 2022-07-12
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Torin Togut, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marcy Hanks, (Foster, Hanks & Ballard, LLC), Monroe, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0252

    Court affirms order imputing income to one parent in an order modifying child support where that parent provided only vague evidence of self-employment income