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  • Forbes et al. v. Auld et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Travel and Tourism
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Latif Oduola-Owoo, Robert Arrington, (Arrington Owoo PC), Atlanta, Katrenia Collins, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Tricia Hoffler, (Hoffler & Associates, PC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, Amanda Seals, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Todd Hatcher, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, Jennifer Nichols, Douglas Clayton, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Leigh Wilco, (Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, P.C.), Atlanta, Steven Stein, (Brady Law Group), San Rafael, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0621

    Georgia Law Applied to Determine Whether Wrongful Death Arising From Accident in Belize Was Time-Barred

  • Bashir v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Curvin, (Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Francis Wakeford, (Office of the Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0653

    Court Affirms Conviction for Aggravated Assault Despite Faulty Jury Instructions Where Overwhelming Evidence Established That Defendant Shot Gun into Vehicle as Victims Fled

  • Handy v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman Barnett, Ryan Leonard, Aimee Sobhani, (Douglas County District Attorney's Office), Douglasville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0538

    Court Affirms Convictions for Cruelty to Children and Battery Arising from Aunt's Cutting of Niece with Box-Cutter During Altercation, Rejecting Various Claims of Error That Arose from Lack of Jury Charge on Justification Defense

  • Priester v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Sparger, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Breedon, (Assistant District Attorney), Albany, Margaret Heap, (District Attorney), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0304

    Court Affirms Convictions for Various Robbery-Related Offenses, Rejecting Claims of Trial Court Error and Ineffective Assistance Arising from Handling of Trial Errors

  • Boyd v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, Jason McLendon, (McLendon Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, Ashley Hurley, (Office of the District Attorney John H. Cranford, Jr. Coweta County Justice Center), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0381

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's venue, evidentiary, and ineffective assistance objections

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  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-06-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Angela Dillon, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0414

    Court Rejects Challenge to Conviction for Armed Robbery Where Defendant Was Convicted on Overwhelming Evidence and Challenged Admission of Immaterial Hearsay

  • Schroeder v. Dekalb County et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Ates, (David Ates, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Laura Johnson, Terry Phillips, (Counsel for the County of Dekalb), Decatur, Shaheem Williams, (Dekalb County Law Department), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A17A0551

    Appellate Court Rulings Unaddressed by State Supreme Court Decision Were Consistent With That Decision

  • Siarah Atlanta Hwy, LLC v. New Era Ventures, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-06-04
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justyn Alioto, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Atlanta, Steven Mills, Timothy Walls, (Mills & Hoopes, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lauren Giles, Dana Miles, Jonah Howell, (Miles Patterson Hansford Tallant, LLC), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0724

    Court Affirms in Part and Vacates in Part Grant of Summary Judgment to Tenant Whose Landlord Refused to Honor Purchase Option

  • O'Brien et al. v. Builders Insurance

    Publication Date: 2019-06-03
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Construction | Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Bishop, (Roberts Tate, LLC), Brunswick, Jason Tate, (Roberts Tate, LLC), Saint Simons Island, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Snow, Jennifer Bellis, (Bendin Sumarall & Ladner, LLC), Atlanta, David Schulte, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee. Ashlee Vaught, (Brannen, Searcy & Smith), Savannah, Leslie Kennerly, John Smith, (Young Thagard Hoffman, Smith & Lawrence), Valdosta, Robert Pace, (Brennan & Wasden, LLC), Savannah, Bradley Watkins, (Whelchel, Brown, Readdick & Bumgartner), Brunswick, Daniel Bullard, Kevin Wangerin, (Bullard & Wangerin, LLP), Macon, Jason Darneille, (Gower Wooten & Darneille, LLC), Atlanta, Amanda Williams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, Jason Lanahan, (Gerber & Holder), Atlanta, Ansel Beacham, (Attorney at Law), Rome, Mark Webb, (Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler Et Al), Rome, Charles Willcox, (Moore, Clarke, Duvall & Rodgers), Albany, Harry Bassler, Marietta, Trevor Hiestand, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Celeste Gaines, (Caiola & Rose LLC), Decatur, for other party.
    Case Number: A19A0686

    Court reverses order allowing third party intervention by insurance carrier in breach of contract construction dispute

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-31
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Abigail Safford, (Attorney at Law), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Pritchett, Louie Fraser, (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dublin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0263

    Court affirms denial of child molestation defendant's motion for a new trial