• Cade v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-09-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Raekwon Cade, (Georgia State Prison), Reidsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Doupe', (District Attorney), Thomson, Graham Hall, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0888

    Defendant Knowingly and Voluntarily Waived His Rights to a Jury Trial and Representation by Legal Counsel

  • Sexton et al. v. Sewell et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Acting Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rachel Gage, Richard Robbins, Heather Sharp, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Cook, (Smith & Liss, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0751

    Court reverse summary judgment ordering specific performance in a breach of contract matter over a real estate purchase

  • Schinazi et al. v. Eden, as Trustee of TE 2005 Schinazi GST Grantor Trust

    Publication Date: 2019-08-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Wade, George Wilson, (1180 West Peachtree Street NW), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: LeAnne Gilbert, Craig Frankel, (Gaslowitz Frankel LLC), Atlanta, Jared Cloud, (McDermott Will & Emery LLP), Chicago, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0474

    Court Approves of Trial Court's Order Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration as Untimely Where Movant Waited Until After Summary Judgment to Seek Arbitration

  • The Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority et al. v. Hickson

    Publication Date: 2019-08-19
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Banks, (Weathington McGrew LLC), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Angela Fox, Kurt Kastorf, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Christopher Graddock, Keenan Nix, (Morgan & Morgan, PA), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0215

    Open issues of material fact preclude summary judgment on hospital's good faith immunity argument in a medical malpractice action.

  • The Atlanta Development Authority et al. v. Ansley Walk Condominium Association, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-25
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Construction | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Alpert, Douglas Hance, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, Nathan Garroway, Jeffrey Zachman, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey Norman, (City of Atlanta Dept. of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Scott Morris, Melissa Perignat, Joseph Jacobson, (Holt Ney Zatcoff & Wasserman, LLP), Atlanta, Steven Wald, Michael Smith, (Stewart, Wald & McCulley, LLC), St. Louis, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0231

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Denial of Motion to Dismiss by City of Atlanta and Related Developers Who Sought to Acquire Easement Rights from Defunct Railway Operator Through Agreement That Purported to Terminate Railway's Interest and Transfer the Easement Rights to the City

  • Siavage v. Gandy et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-24
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Johannes Kingma, John deMoulpied, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bruce Brown, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Gregory Brow, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, Jacob Edwards, Gainesville, for appellee. Matthew Weiss, John Goselin, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0706

    Court Approves of Trial Court's Refusal to Dismiss Claims Against Attorney to Ponzi-Scheme Operator Who Claimed Lack of Knowledge of Scheme

  • State Road and Tollway Authority v. Bodamer

    Publication Date: 2019-07-19
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Jacobs, William Banks, Christopher Carr, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, David Carson, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Justin O'Dell, Nicholas Booth, (O'Dell & O'Neal, P.C.), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0489

    Court remands a highway toll fine case for further analysis of sovereign immunity issues.

  • Kinsey v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Geoffroy, Raymond Giudice, (Raymond V. Giudice, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Teri Walker, Paul Howard, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0312

    Court Rejects Attempt by Trial Court to Reinstate Probation by Convict Whose Sentence Had Been Discharged Under First Offender Statute, Concluding That Trial Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Impose Reinstated Term of Probation in Subsequent Court Term

  • The State v. Walker

    Publication Date: 2019-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lenny Krick, (Assistant District Attorney-Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit), Decatur, Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Genevieve Holmes, (Appellate Division - GPDC), Atlanta, Rachel Ackley, (Rachel Ackley Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0198

    Court reverses new trial order on defendant's burglary and other convictions

  • Sullins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stewart Bratcher, (The Bratcher Firm, LLC), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Harold Goldin, Leigh Patterson, Finnis Salmon, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0080

    Court Rejects Challenge to Conviction for Aggravated Assault by Man Who Shot at Group of People and Claimed That Testimony About Whom, In Particular, He Shot At Was Inconsistent