• Diaz v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-11-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Fortner, Ryan Leonard, Samantha Newman, Joseph Cusack, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1394

    No trial court error in exclusion of testimony when other evidence was sufficient to show guilt.

  • Pham v. Black

    Publication Date: 2018-10-30
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bailey, Randolph Powell, Bailey Sabulis, Arthur Cheek, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: LaTisha Jackson, Thomas Sampson, (Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP), Atlanta, Thomas Sampson, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Wade Copeland, Stephanie Vari, (Carlock Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Hunter Allen, (Allen, McCain & O'Mahoney, P C.), Atlanta, Robert Monyak, (Peters & Monyak, LLP), Atlanta, Austin Ellis, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: A18A1360

    Court Reverses Order Denying Summary Judgment to Doctor Accused of Causing Emergency Room Patient's Death by Failing to Stabilize the Patient

  • Salinas et al. v. Atlanta Gas Light Company

    Publication Date: 2018-10-24
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Energy
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Briggs, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daryl Clarida, Peter Golden, (Hall Bloch Garland & Meyer LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0886

    Court Reverses Trial Court's Order Directing Resolution of Energy Supplier Dispute in Arbitration

  • Carpetcare Multiservices, LLC v. Carle

    Publication Date: 2018-10-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Isenberg, (Isenberg & Hewitt, P C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eglin Carle, Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1094

    Court Affirms Invalidity of Non-Compete That Omits Geographical Restrictions

  • Wilkins v. City of Conyers

    Publication Date: 2018-10-19
    Practice Area: Evidence | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan Johnson, (Ryan A. Johnson, P.C.), Atlanta, R. Campbell, (Shiver Hamilton LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Waldrop, (Waldrop & Bootcheck, LLC), Conyers, Mary Katz, (Chambless, Higdon & Carson ), Macon, David Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1400

    Dismissal of a case is not an appropriate sanction for negligent spoliation of evidence

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  • Evelyn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-10-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randolph Frails, (Attorney at Law), Augusta, Stacy Norris, (Frails & Wilson LLC), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, Henry Syms, (Office of The District Attorney), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1077

    Court Affirms Denial of Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea by Kidnapper Who Alleged That He Failed to Understand his Ineligibility for Parole

  • In The Interest of E. M.

    Publication Date: 2018-10-08
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Quarles, (Attorney At Law), Chatsworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Penny Hannah (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Cynthia Johnson, (Johnson Law Pc), Cohutta, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee. Elaine Campbell, Cohutta, Joshua Smith (Attorney At Law), Dalton, for Other party.

    Case Number: A18A1162

    Parental rights of child's biological father terminated

  • Sweet City Landfill, LLC et al. v. Elbert County et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-09-25
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Regulation
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lajuana Ransaw, (Smith Welch Webb & White, LLC), McDonough, Mary Durant (Attorney At Law), Tucker, Michael Mayo, Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ansel Beacham, (Attorney At Law), Rome, Brandon Bowen, Robert Walker, (Jenkins, Bowen & Walker, P.C.), Cartersville, Billy Daughtry, (Leverett & Daughtry, LLC), Elberton, Norman Fletcher, Lee Carter, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigle, Richardson & Davis LLP), for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A1794

    Court affirms dismissal of land fill operator's challenge to county's waste disposal ordinance

  • Lynch v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-09-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gerard Kleinrock, (Attorney At Law), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, Deborah Wellborn, (Assistant District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1013

    Defendant can withdraw a guilty plea because he was denied his Sixth Amendment right to counsel

  • The State v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2018-09-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A18A0853

    Indictments reinstated where multiple child pornography images were all found at the same time and location.