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  • Kasper et al. v. Judy Martin et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holle Weiss-Friedman, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly Cohen, (Attorney at Law), Roswell, Frances Dyal, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Penny Hannah, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, John Rivers, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Denise Esserman, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, Melissa Cruthirds, (Compass Law Group, LLC), ST Simons Island, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0244

    Court rules that superior court erred in dismissing child custody action for lack of jurisdiction

  • Razi v. Burns

    Publication Date: 2020-05-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Freeman, (Johnson & Freeman, LLC), Union City, Janise Miller, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalonda Burns, Fontana, for appellee. Sally Fox, (Fox Legal, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1936

    Court affirms order dismissing father's jurisdictional challenge to Georgia court's authority to modify an out-of-state child custody order.

  • Harvey et al. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-05-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Damages | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laurie Daniel, Matthew Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Roger Harris, Douglas Clayton, (Swift, Currie, Mcghee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Bruce Kirbo, (Attorney at Law), Bainbridge, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Erwin, Alfred Powell, (Powell & Erwin, P.C.), Camilla, W. McCall, Henry Williams, (Mccall WILLIAMS, LLC), Albany, Gregory Williams, (The Law Offices of Gregory Terrell Williams LLC), Camilla, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2217

    Plaintiff's Closing Argument Violated Trial Court's Admonition Not to Enflame Jurors' Emotions

  • St. Francis Health, LLC v. Weng

    Publication Date: 2020-04-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Martin, James Brooks, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, Lauren Dimitri, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derrell Dowdell, (Attorney at Law), Columbus, for appellee. Eric Frisch, Jasper Abbott, (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, Roger Harris, (SWIFT, CURRIE Mcghee & HIERS, LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2082

    Trial Court Improperly Allowed Medical Malpractice Plaintiff to Amend Complaint to Add St. Francis Health as a New Defendant; Claims Are Barred by Statute of Limitations

  • Nunez-Mendoza v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Cavedon, (Northeastern Circuit Public Defender's Office), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, Shiv Sachdeva, (Northeastern Circuit District Attorney), Gainsville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1870

    Court affirms denial of defendant's motion to suppress, ruling that his arrest was lawful and that officers had probable cause to search his vehicle

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  • Cline v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clyde Rickard, Jessica Nix, (The Law Office of Rickard & Nix), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Frederick Valz, Melissa McDaniel, (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A1872

    Auto insurance policyholder's prior selection of lesser uninsured/underinsured policy limits was not affected by later amendments to insurance statute

  • Tisdale v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noah Pines, (Ross & Pines, LLC), Atlanta, Andrew Fleischman, (Ross & Pines), Sandy Springs, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA District Attorney, NEJC of GA), Gainesville, Conley Greer, (Dawson County District Attorney's Office), Dawsonville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2109

    Conviction For Obstruction of Officer Did Not Require Proof of Underlying Criminal Conduct

  • Baker v. Atlantic States Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2020-04-21
    Practice Area: Discovery | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Gentle, (Lloyd & Hogan PC), Birmingham, Eric Maxwell, (Attorney at Law), Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samantha Mandell, Michael Kendall, (Kendall Mandell LLC), Douglasville, for appellee. Sylvia Cobb, (Law Offices of Andrews and Manganiello/Geico Staff Counsel), Tucker, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A2337

    Trial Court Retained Jurisdiction to Enter a Written Sanction Award After Announcing Decision to Grant Attorneys' Fees and Costs at Hearing

  • Faulkner v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sydney Strickland, (Strickland & Webster, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ryan Leonard, Sean Garrett, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2220

    Defendant's Responses on Pretrial Faretta Waiver Form Did Not Establish Knowing Waiver of Right to Counsel

  • In the Interest of A. L., a child.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Allison Bailey, Margaret Heap, (Assistant District Attorney), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Herrin, (Office of the Public Defender, Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A2463

    Court dismisses State's appeal of dismissal of a delinquency petition due to lack of jurisdiction