• Georgia Department of Public Safety et al. v. Cleapor

    Publication Date: 2024-11-19
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ronald Boyter, Christopher Carr, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Zachary Procter, (Procter Law, P.C.), Lawrenceville, Angela Cusimano, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Grant McBride, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), McDonough, Andrew Gebhardt, (Smith, Welch, Webb & White), Stockbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1071

    Court reverses denial of a motion to dismiss a personal injury case, finding that plaintiff had failed to provide a timely ante litem notice to the correct government entity

  • Sowell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-11-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Mark Yurachek, (The Law Offices of Mark Allen Yurachek & Associate), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Lee Darragh, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Gainesville, Kyle Bowland, (District Attorney, NEJC of GA Northeastern Judicial Circuit), Dawsonville, Conley Greer, (Dawson County District Attorney’s Office), Dawsonville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0949

    Court affirms DUI-related convictions for vehicular homicide and other crimes over defendant's challenge to admission of certain expert testimony and contentions of insufficient evidence

  • Turney v. Turney

    Publication Date: 2024-10-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nicole Turney, Murrayville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Aron Turney, Dawsonville, for appellee; M. Young, (Attorney t Law), Gainesville, for other party.

    Case Number: A24A0932

    Court vacates child support and attorney fees awards in child custody case due to incorrect child support calculations and lack of notice of attorney fee award

  • In the Interest of D. H., a child.

    Publication Date: 2024-10-10
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michelle Gopman, (Office of the DeKalb County Public Defender), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, Bryan Webb, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Joycelyn Curry, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, Lytia Brown, Joshlynn Clark, (Brown Geiger & Associates), Atlanta, Dana Leader, (Fulton County Office of the Child Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A1131

    Georgia Court reverses Alabama court's dependency finding due to lack of jurisdiction under UCCJEA

  • Robinson v. Thompson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-25
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Radford, (Radford & Keebaugh), Decatur, Zachary Panter, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0729

    Court reverses denial of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits due to direct COVID-19 impact on petitioner's ability to maintain his employment

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  • Miller v. Wilcoxson

    Publication Date: 2024-09-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Brant, (Colom and Brant), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anna Cross, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, Thomas Sampson, Ebonei Simpkins, (Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0607

    Court reverses apportionment of settlement proceeds in a wrongful death case due to trial court's lack of jurisdiction to issue an apportionment order after the case was dismissed

  • Bromaghim v. Ligon et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-09-02
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Leibel, (Steven Leibel, PC), Dahlonega, Paul Menair, Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Olson, (Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A.), Atlanta, Jessica Sanford, (Fain, Major & Brennan, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0650

    Court reverses order assessing juror and bailiff costs against a plaintiff who voluntarily dismissed her personal injury case without prejudice, finding no statutory basis for cost assessment

  • The State v. Caldwell

    Publication Date: 2024-08-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Susan Treadaway, (Chief Assistant District Attorney Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, Cliff Head, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, Kelly Nugent-Chavis, (Cherokee County District Attorney’s Office), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Philip Price, Jenny Rose, (Price Law Group), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0037

    Court affirms suppression of evidence in traffic stop case, citing unlawful prolongation of detention

  • Murray et al. v. Lexington Park of Fulton County Community Association, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-08-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Marvin Arrington, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brian Gardiner, (Dunlap Gardiner LLP), Douglasville, Wesley Dunlap, Evan Barnard, (Dunlap Gardiner LLP), Hiram, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0158

    Court affirms dismissal of homeowners' complaint against a homeowners' association because their lawsuit should have been filed as a derivative claim and not as direct claims by the homeowners

  • AMG, LLC v. Georgia Department of Transportation

    Publication Date: 2024-08-05
    Practice Area: Administrative Law
    Industry: Advertising
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Tifverman, (Robert T. Tifverman, LLC), Savannah, Esther Rogers, Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Helen O’Leary, Amy Patterson, (Georgia Department of Transportation), Atlanta, Denise Weiner, Pearson Cunningham, (Hall Booth Smith), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0376

    Court affirms DOT's denial of AMG's application for a permit to convert an existing billboard into a multiple message sign, which sign was prohibited by OCGA § 32-6-75 (c) (1) (C)