• Samnick v. Goodman

    Publication Date: 2020-05-18
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Miles Rich, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amy Waggoner, (Waggoner Hastings, LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0562

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse its Discretion in Finding That Attorney's Prior Representation of Wife in Divorce Proceedings Disqualified Him From Representing Husband

  • Anderson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Javories Anderson, (Ware State Prison), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Bradley, (District Attorney, Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit), Milledgeville, Jeff Burks, (District Ocumulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Madison, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1971

    Appellant Did Not Have a Full and Fair Opportunity to Pursue His Motion for an Out-of-Time Appeal Before the Trial Court

  • The Columbus Clinic, P. C. v. Williams

    Publication Date: 2020-04-27
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Timothy Newton, Jarrett Spence, (Constangy, Brooks, Smith, & Prophete, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Martin, (Martin & Martin, LLP), Tucker for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1895

    Court reverses summary judgment for an employee physician due to unresolved ambiguity in an employment agreement

  • Syed v. Merchant's Square Office Buildings LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-04-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew McMaster, (Matthew D. McMaster, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Andrew, (Andrew, Merritt, Reilly & Smith), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1690

    Court affirms the denial of claimant's motion to set aside a default judgment

  • Helton v. United Services Automobile Association

    Publication Date: 2020-04-17
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Oliver Horne, (Reynolds, McArthur & Horne), Macon, Bradley Survant, (Reynolds, Horne & Survant), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jon Wolfe, Lillian Bittick, (Chambless Higdon Richardson Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, for appellee. Mark Maholick, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Columbus, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A1950

    Court reverses summary judgment order for insurer and remands case for further consideration of injured party's arguments on choice of law

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  • Rice v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-04-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lyndsey Hix, (Augusta Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Natalie Paine, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1645

    Court reverses order denying defendant's motion to withdraw a guilty plea, and remands case for further proceedings

  • Jones v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Quincy Jones, (Riverbend Correctional Facility), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Elizabeth Baker, John Fowler, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, Tasha Mosley, Charles Brooks, (Harold Banke Justice Center), Jonesboro, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0309

    Court vacates trial court's denial of defendant's motion for out-of-time appeal and remands for an evidentiary hearing on effectiveness of counsel

  • King v. King

    Publication Date: 2020-03-27
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Custer, Jennifer Dempsey, (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP), Atlanta, Cary Ichter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Elizabeth Lindsey, (Davis Matthews & Quigley), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randall Berryman, (Berryman Family Law), Atlanta, James McGinnis, Andrew McClintock, (Warner, Bates, McGough, McGinnis & Portnoy PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0034

    Court affirms order vacating arbitration award in a divorce proceeding due to arbitrator's imperfect execution of his authority under an agreement and consent decree

  • Fiffee v. Jiggetts

    Publication Date: 2020-03-16
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: R. Riddle, (Law Offices of R. Krannert Riddle, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Blackerby, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner), Brunswick, Denise Esserman, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0131

    Trial Court's Custody Modification Order Must Be Set Aside Because Faxed Notice of Hearing on Father's Motion to Modify Custody Did Not Satisfy Statutory Requirements

  • Torres v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-02-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Carter, (Walton County Public Defender's Office Walton County Annex), Monroe, appellant.
    for defendant: Layla Zon, (District Attorney), Covington, Jacqueline Fletcher, (Walton County District Attorney's Office), Monroe, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1989

    Court affirms defendant's rape and other convictions but remands case for resentencing on incest convictions