• The State v. Alford

    Publication Date: 2018-09-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A18A0939

    Court vacates order suppressing evidence seized from arrestee.

  • Doherty v. Brown et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-29
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hall, Nichole Hair, (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, Nathan Gaffney (Fried Rogers Goldberg) Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Anderson, (Downey & Cleveland, LLP) Marietta, Edward Wynn, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, David Root, (Carlock, Copeland and Stair LLP), Atlanta, James Sadd, Daniel Epstein, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, Neil Edwards, (Attorney At Law), Atlanta, Frank Lowrey, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A0763

    Jury instruction on ordinary negligence is improper if evidence does not support an ordinary negligence claim.

  • Consumer Credit Research Foundation v. Board Of Regents Of The University System Of Georgia et al.

    Publication Date: 2018-08-29
    Practice Area: Public Records
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thurbert Baker, Nathan Garroway, Mark Silver, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Jennifer Colangelo, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Megan Mitchell, Henry Chalmers, (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A0620

    Academic research records may be open to public disclosure notwithstanding statutory exemptions.

  • Patterson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a

    Case Number: A18A0984

    A Challenge to a Conviction is an Inappropriate Procedural Mechanism to Modify a Sentence

  • Phillips v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-08-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: A18A1180

    No Showing of Bad Faith in Defendant's Last-Minute Production of Important Medical Evidence

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  • Gordon et al. v. Dennis

    Publication Date: 2018-08-15
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather Ware, John Hall, David Younker, Steven Harkins (Hall Booth Smith, PC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tiffany Sellers, (Law Offices Of Tiffany Carter Sellers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A1363

    Court Reporter's Delay in Preparing Trial Transcript Supported Appellant's Requests For Additional Time to File Appeal

  • In The Interest of A. F. et al., Children.

    Publication Date: 2018-07-31
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Barnwell (Avrett Ponder & Withrock), Dalton, 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. Kermit McManus, Matthew Thames (Attorney at Law), Dalton, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0416

    Juvenile Court Failed to Make Particularized Assessment of Harm to Children

  • New Star Realty, Inc. v. Jungang PRI USA, LLC

    Publication Date: 2018-07-20
    Practice Area: Business Torts | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mary Durant (Attorney at Law), Tucker; Leland Kynes (Kynes Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andrew Flake, Megan Mitchell (Arnall Golden Gregory LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Jeongha Lee (Jackson County Correctional Institute), Jefferson; West Point Property Group LLC, Atlanta; New Star Realty & Investment Inc, Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0777

    Francisor Real Estate Company Not Vicariously Liable For Franchisee President's Improper Transfer of Escrow Account Funds

  • Jones v. Federated Mutual Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2018-07-18
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Automotive | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul Ayerbe (Ayerbe & Cowart), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles McDaniel, Ryan Kolb (Carlock Copeland & Stair LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Rashod Lamar, Macon, for other party.

    Case Number: A18A0039

    Drivers Who Were Injured While Driving Auto Dealership's Car Were Validly Excluded From Dealership's Uninsured Motorist Coverage

  • Ventura v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-07-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Saul (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Susan Treadaway (Assistant District Attorney), Marietta; John Edwards (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta; D. Reynolds (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A18A0479

    The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion for new trial based on his contention that the prosecutor in his trial should have been disqualified because her husband had previously represented him in an unrelated felony case.