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  • Northwest Georgia Contracting, LLC et al. v. St. Germain et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-25
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Pettus, (Fain, Major & Brennan, P.C.), Atlanta, Sean Gill, (Gower Wooten Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Burkhalter, (Patel Burkhalter Law Group), Smyrna, Todd Poole, (Poole Law Group), Decatur, Oladimeji Ogunsola, (Miller & Martin PLLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0748

    Court Affirms Default Judgment for Defendants Who Did Not Respond to Complaint That Was Incorrectly Captioned as Amended Complaint but Vacates Damage Award That Included Award for Claims Not Raised by Plaintiffs

  • Kolb et al. v. Daruda

    Publication Date: 2019-07-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Dever, Hayes Dever, (Friedman, Dever & Merlin, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Collier, (Williams Teusink, LLC), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0296

    Trial Court Erred in Dismissing Action Without First Allowing Plaintiff to Take Limited Discovery Regarding Personal Jurisdiction Over Defendant

  • In the Interest of I. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Nathan, (Asst. Public Defender E.J. C,), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Kimberly Rowden, (Assistant District Attorney Juvenile Court of Chatham County), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0462

    Court Affirms Adjudication of Minor on Various Assault-Related Charges Arising from Fight with School Personnel Over Challenges to Strength of Evidence and Propriety of Sentence

  • Henderson v. James

    Publication Date: 2019-07-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Shepherd, (Dillard & Shepherd, LLC), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Huey Spearman, (Attorney at Law), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0632

    Service by publication fails to confer personal jurisdiction in a tort action.

  • Heard v. Payne et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-02
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Lindsay, (Townley & Lindsay, LLC), Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Hise, (Palmour Law Firm), Summerville, Albert Palmour, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, Jack Floyd, John Floyd, (Floyd Law Firm), Gadsden, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Brooke Heinz, Sarah McBrayer, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0333

    Court Affirms Jury Verdict in Favor of Competing Claimant in Dispute Over Ownership of Winning Lottery Ticket Over Various Evidentiary Challenges

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    Wrongful Use of Civil Proceedings and Related Torts in Pennsylvania, Second Edition

    Authors: George Bochetto, David P. Heim, John A. O’Connell, Robert S. Tintner

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  • Dodd v. Dodd

    Publication Date: 2019-06-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morgan Robertson, (Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pamela Stephenson, (Stephenson Reynolds Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0178

    Complaint seeking reimbursement of funeral expenses is remanded to probate court.

  • Phillips v. Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-20
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clarence Mullin, David Rayfield, (Waldrep, Mullin and Callahan, LLC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wiliam Adams, (Adams Law Firm), Macon, Warren Hinds, (Attorney at Law Crossville Village Office Park), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0159

    Law firm employee may have a quantum meruit claim where amounts due under an employment agreement are vague.

  • Portman v. Zipperer et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-20
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Fields, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly O'Hearn, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Savannah, Francesca Macchiaverna, (Hunter Maclean), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0014

    Plaintiff's complaint was properly dismissed as a sanction for his not appearing for a deposition.

  • Earwood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rex Abernathy, (Cook & Connelly), Summerville, Robert Rutledge, (Robert Christian Rutledge, PC), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kay Wetherington, Leigh Patterson, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0340

    Prosecution Witness's Reference to Uncharged Sexual Misconduct By Defendant Did Not Require Mistrial

  • Portman v. Zipperer et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Fields, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly O'Hearn, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Savannah, Francesca MacChiaverna, (Hunter Maclean), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0014

    Trial Court Not Obligated to Hold Hearing Before Dismissing Complaint As Sanction for Party's Failure to Attend Deposition