• Gayton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-12-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Debra Jefferson, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Penny Penn, Courtney Moore, (Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office), Cumming, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0939

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence collected after defendant's seizure by officers was prolonged beyond a reasonable time.

  • Palmer v. Georgia Insurers Insolvency Pool

    Publication Date: 2021-12-06
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Todd Maziar, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Gorby, Whitney Arp, (Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC), Tucker, Amy Burns, (Gorby Peters & Associates, LLC), Tucker, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0903

    Court vacates summary judgment ruling over a Workers' Compensation Insolvency Pool matter and remands for dismissal of complaint due to lack of jurisdiction

  • Reid v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-11-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Crystal Bice, (Bice Law Group LLC), Temple, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tasha Mosley, (District Attorney), Jonesboro, Karen Barbour, (Clayton Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0882

    Court affirms convictions for child enticement and aggravated child molestation over defendant's claims of evidentiary and trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Franco v. Eagle

    Publication Date: 2021-11-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Tillery, (Jennifer J. Gibbs PC d/b/a Gibbs Law Firm), Decatur, Jennifer Gibbs, (Gibbs Tillery, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Vanessa Kosky Narea, (The Law Office of Vanessa Kosky, PC), Tucker, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0875

    Court affirms ruling of imputed income for child support and attorney fee calculations in a divorce case but reverses as to equitable division of certain real property

  • UHS of Peachford v. Brady

    Publication Date: 2021-10-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Hostetter, Molly McCall, (Nall & Miller, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Peavy, (Melissa M Clyatt Associates PC), Destin, for appellee; Peter Fischer, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Amy Hoffman, Thomas Lavender, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Rolfe Martin, (Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell, LLP), Atlanta, Alphonso Howell, Gregory Talley, Kayla Barnes, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, Stephanie Vari, (Peters & Monyak, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A0819

    Court reverses trial court and grants Hospital's motion to dismiss a wrongful death action where plaintiff failed to effect due diligence to serve her complaint

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  • Torregano v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Curry, (Law Office of Jennifer A. Curry, LLC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark Jones, Frederick Lewis, (Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit), Columbus, Julia Slater, (District Attorney Chattahoochee Circuit), Columbus, for appellee

    Case Number: A21A0809

    Court vacates order revoking defendant's probation and remands for trial court to set forth reasons and explanation for why it did not appoint counsel for the hearing

  • Dukes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Macklyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Patsy Austin-Gatson Tristan Gillespie, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Samuel d'Antremont, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1074

    Court affirms denial of new trial motion in a shooting case over defendant's contentions of bias, conflicts, improper jury selection, and denial of a fair trial

  • Wellstar Health Systems, Inc. et al. v. Alfaro

    Publication Date: 2021-08-13
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Conley, Jeffrey Daxe, Robert Ingram, (Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Cauthorn, (Cauthorn Nohr & Owen), Marietta, David Cohen, (Complex Law Group, LLC), Marietta, J. Cauthorn, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for Appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0127

    Court vacates denial of hospital's motion to dismiss patient's claims where patient alleged that hospital lien was improperly based on chargemaster rates

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority v. Tyler

    Publication Date: 2021-08-13
    Practice Area: Evidence | Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Robert Highsmith, Matthew Friedlander, Jonathan Spital, (Holland & Knight LLP), Atlanta, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Melanie Eyre, (Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP), Atlanta, Michael Goldberg, (Fried Rogers Goldberg LLC), Atlanta, Anna Cross, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Donald Singleton, (Singleton Law Firm LLC), Alpharetta, for Appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0626

    Court reverses jury verdict in a personal injury case because trial court issued an erroneous jury charge on spoliation of evidence

  • Cross et al. v. Wilmington Trust, National Association, solely as trustee for Mfra Trust 2014-2

    Publication Date: 2021-08-12
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Key, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tania Tuttle, Sarah Monico, (McLain & Merritt PC), Alpharetta for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0545

    Issues of Fact Exist as to Whether Parties Intended That Entire Property Serve as Collateral for Purchase Money Loan