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  • Grimes v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Woodrow Smith, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, Jodi Spiegel, (Henry County District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0076

    Court reverses order revoking a defendant's probation because that order was based on inadmissible hearsay and defendant's due process rights were violated

  • CL SNF, LLC et al. v. Fountain

    Publication Date: 2022-07-14
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Karen Smiley, (Hanks Brookes LLC), Atlanta, Kevin Quirk, Kellie Holt, (Quirk & Quirk LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gretchen Wagner, Katherine Hughes, (Wagner Hughes, LLC), Atlanta, Jennifer Peterson, Michael Terry, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Atlanta, Bethany Schneider, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0773

    Arbitration agreement signed by guardian of mentally-impaired adult was not unenforceable due to unconscionability

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-07-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wesley Woolverton, (Woolverton Law Firm), Douglasville, Randall Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Racine, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0255

    Court affirms denial of a motion to suppress physical evidence seized from a vehicle where officers had a reasonable suspicion to stop the vehicle and restrain its occupants

  • Cruz v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Marlene Oldeen, (Gwinnett County District Attorney), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0462

    Court reverses conviction for aggravated assault on a peace officer due to insufficient evidence to show that the defendant had the requisite intent

  • Newton County Board of Education v. Nolley

    Publication Date: 2022-05-02
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William White, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Burns, (J. Franklin Burns, P.C.), Atlanta, Todd Maziar, Atlanta, for appellee; Lauren Julian Loeb, (State Board of Workers' Compensation), Atlanta for other party.
    Case Number: A22A0529

    Employer's Interlocutory Appeal Was Unauthorized Under Workers' Compensation Act

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  • Luckett v. Sparkles of Gwinnett, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-22
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Joseph Wilson, (Joseph Wilson Injury Lawyers), Dunwoody, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Landers, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0397

    Genuine Issue of Material Fact Presented As to Whether Skating Rink Operator Had Actual Knowledge of Wet Floor

  • McNeil v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-18
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ashleigh Merchant, (The Merchant Law Firm, PC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Williams, (Assistant District Attorney), Dallas, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dallas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1769

    Trial Counsel's Failure to Secure Expert Witness to Challenge Reliability of Child Victim's Testimony Was Not Prejudicial

  • In Re Estate of Curvan

    Publication Date: 2022-03-11
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin O'Sullivan, (Cohen Pollock Merlin Turner P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sharon Lavant, Stockbridge, for appellee; Allen Bodiford, (Attorney at Law), Stockbridge, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A1435

    Court reverses probate court's summary judgment order ruling on a decedent's last will because of factual issues raised by existence of a second will

  • Serban v. Hunter

    Publication Date: 2022-03-10
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Evidence
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Teusink, Gala Villahoz, (Williams Teusink, LLC), Decatur, Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Van De Water, (Van De Water Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1799

    Trial Court Erred In Failing to Consider Arbitration Award Solely Because Award Was Not Introduced Into Evidence at Hearing

  • SRA Management, LLC d/b/a Olympus Fenwick Luxury Apartments et al. v. Shirley Prince et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-03-10
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brantley Rowlen, Donavan Eason, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ashleigh Madison, (Southeast Law, LLC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1211

    Court affirms denial of apartment manager's summary judgment in a slip-and-fall case due to questions of fact over manager's knowledge of a hazard