• Wall v. James

    Publication Date: 2021-02-09
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shatorree Bates, (Bates Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A2058

    Court reverses contempt ruling on a father's counterclaim that was filed in response to a mother's petition for modification of visitation rights in a parenting plan

  • Premier Paving GP, Inc. et al. v. IOU Central, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-06
    Practice Area: Banking and Finance Laws | Class Actions | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Shimshon Wexler, (The Law Offices of Shimshon Wexler, PC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeff Joyce, (Joyce Childers LLP), Atlanta, Paul Wersant, (Attorney at Law), Suwanee, for Other Party.

    Case Number: A20A1867

    Trial Court Erred in Dismissing Class Action Claim on Merits Without First Considering Whether Class-Action Requirements Were Met

  • State of Georgia v. Crowder

    Publication Date: 2020-12-28
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Elizabeth Baker, (Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Fayette County District Attorney's Office), Fayetteville, John Fowler, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, Tasha Mosley, Tracy Lawson, (District Attorney), Jonesboro, Charles Brooks, Yolanda McKenney, (Office of the Solicitor General of Clayton County), Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jimmy Berry, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Glenn Loewenthal, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Lisa Wells, (Office of the District Attorney- Clayton County), Jonesboro, for Other Party.

    Case Number: A18A2113

    In Rem Forfeiture Complaint May Be Served By Publication When Interest Holder Resides Out of State

  • Stubbs Oil Company, Inc. v. Price et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-19
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Cargo and Shipping
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles McDaniel, (Carlock, Copeland & Stair, LLP), Atlanta, Ryan Kolb, (Copeland Stair Kingma & Lovell LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Groover, David Groover, (Attorney at Law), Calhoun, Terry Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Kyle Koester, (Attorney at Law), Woodstock, Bobby Cook, C. Connelly, (Cook & Connelly), Summerville, for appellee. David Nelson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Roger Sumrall, (Bendin Sumarall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, Stephen Michmerhuizen, Warren Coppedge, (Coppedge and Associates, P.C.), Dalton, Sean Cox, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Scott Moulton, Danny Patterson, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1377

    Shipper and its insurer were not vicariously liable in a wrongful death action against a motor carrier and its employee that were independent contractors

  • Pneumo Abex, LLC, et al. v. Sheila Long, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-12
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Holly Hempel, Gregory O'Neil, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP), Atlanta, Valentin Leppert, (King & Spalding LLP), Frances Spinelli, Ivan Gustafson, (Evert Weathersby Houff), Atlanta, Robyn Richards, Andrew Davenport, Paul Williams, (Kasowitz Benson Torress, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, Sharon Zinns, (Zinns Law, LLC), Smyrna, S. Tate, (Akin & Tate), Cartersville, for appellee. Laura Shamp, Joshua Silk, (Shamp Speed Jordan Woodward), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A20A1442

    Trial Court Did Not Err in Granting Partial Summary Judgment to Deceased's Wife as to Companies' Non-Party Fault Defense and on 'Alternative Carcinogens'

  • Jernigan v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-11-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Scarborough, Atlanta, Sarah Zimbardi, (Atlanta Judicial Circuit Public Defender Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Marc Mallon, (District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A0924

    Court affirms armed robbery and other convictions over defendant's contentions of trial court evidentiary errors and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Smith et al. v. Adventure Air Sports Kennesaw, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-11-09
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes | Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Blakely, (Pope McGlamry), Atlanta, Ted Mann, (Mann & Potter, P.C.), Birmingham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christine Mast, Joseph Wieseman, (Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1118

    17-Year-Old Who Used His Father's Name Without Permission Was Estopped From Voiding Contract

  • New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC et al. v. Georgia Department of Revenue et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-27
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry: Consumer Products
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryan Vroon, (Law Offices of Bryan A. Vroon, LLC), Atlanta, Margaret Wilson, (Wilson Law Group LLC), Princeton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Samuel Olens, Alex Sponseller, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Nancy Gallagher, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A16A2003

    Per an adopted Georgia Supreme Court opinion, a dealer has standing to seek refunds of certain sales and use taxes it collected from consumers

  • Spruell v. Spruell

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garnett Harrison, (Garnett Harrison P.C.), Kingsland, for appellant.
    for defendant: Mark McManus, (McManus SE GA Law), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1007

    Court reverses and vacates certain aspects of a divorce and custody decree due to trial court's due process omissions and other errors

  • City of Waycross, et al. v. Jack Bennett, et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-15
    Practice Area: Contracts | Employment Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Dorminy, William Mann, (Hall Booth Smith, P.C.), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Blackerby, (Brown, Readdick, Bumgartner), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A20A1230

    Health Plan Authorized City's Termination of Health-Insurance Benefits; City's Actions Did Not Violate the Impairment Clause of the Georgia Constitution