• Stephens v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S12A1226

    The record belied the defendant's contention that his indictment for murder failed to allege

  • Horn v. Shepherd

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Celeste F. Brewer, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa L. D. Griffis Rosenzweig, Jones, Horne & Griffis PC, Taylor B. Drake, and Clifton M. Sandlin Glover & Davis PA, Newnan, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A0890

    A trial court does not have the authority to make payment of a new attorneys' fee award a condition for purging contempt of a previous

  • Wetherington v. Wetherington

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick J. Fox McNally, Fox, Grant & Davenport PC, Fayetteville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Alan W. Connell Connell & Wheeler, Thomaston, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1001

    The trial court erred in failing to consider whether there was a substantial change in the husband/father's financial circumstances between when the trial court entered the final divorce decree and

  • Walls v. Walls

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory D. Golden Kupperman & Golden, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Zachary R. Stepp and Alan Mullinax Alan Mullinax & Associates PC, Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12F0846

    The trial court erred in deviating from the presumptive amount of child support without the statutorily-required written fin

  • WMW Inc. v. American Honda Motor Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2012-10-19
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: H. Lamar Mixson, Lisa R. Strauss, and Naveen Ramachandrappa Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Richard K. Hines V., Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Anne W. Lewis Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP, William Van Hearnburg Jr. Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP, Atlanta, and C. Mitchell Brown Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, Columbia, S.C., for appellees. Amicus appellant: T. Bart Gary Freeman Mathis & Gary LLP, Atlanta. Amicus appellee: Chance D. Weldon Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, Calif.

    Case Number: S11G1828

    The plaintiff franchisee had no standing under the anti-encroachment provision of the Georgia Motor Vehicle Franchise Practices Act, OCGA § 10-1-664, to challenge the new dealership the defendants p

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    Texas Legal Malpractice & Lawyer Discipline 2024

    Authors: Charles F. Herring, JR, Jason M. Panzer, Leah Turner

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Mullins v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-10-05
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: S12A1488

    The trial court properly dismissed the defendant's motion in arrest of judgment, which he untimely filed almost 25 years after his conviction on his 1986 guilty pleas to murder and bur

  • Smith v. Ellis

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard C. Mitchell Mitchell & Shapiro, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . Jeremy R. Davis, Scott D. Huray and Christopher A. Whitlock Carlock, Copeland & Stair LLP, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A1174

    Ridley v. Monroe, regarding no liability settlements under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-15 was correctly decided, but even under Ridley, the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act did not au

  • Mangrum v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Daran Burns Burns, Speights & Grisham PC, Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Garry T. Moss, District Attorney, Wallace W. Rogers Jr., Cliff Head, Assistant District Attorneys, Canton, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A0875

    The defendant failed to offer more than mere speculation that the victim's medical records and expert testimony would have bolstered a defense that the victim's death could have resulted from a seiz

  • Williams v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David G. Daniell, Warner Robbins, for appellant.
    for defendant: George H. Hartwig III, District Attorney, Marie R. Banks, Assistant District Attorney, Perry, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Clint C. Malcolm, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A0742

    The co-conspirators' movement of the victim out of his trailer in the middle of the night to a location behind a building down the street constituted asportation for purposes of proving felony kidna

  • Zamora v. State

    Publication Date: 2012-09-14
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Nahmias, David E.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: F. Mayes Davison Davison & Davison, Royston, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert W. Lavender, District Attorney, Elberton, Adam C. Schroeder, Assistant District Attorney, Carnesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine L. Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: S12A0847

    Evidence, including the defendant's time alone with the apparently healthy 19-month-old victim just prior to the child's death from blunt force head trauma and his attempt to flee to Mexico shortly