• Seibert v. Alexander, Jr. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Seibert, (Lee State Prison), Leesburg, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Stephens, Melanie Wilson, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0508

    Court Affirms in Part and Reverses in Part Trial Court's Order Granting Summary Judgment to Clerk of the Court Who Incorrectly Reported Date of Offender's Discharge Under First-Offender Act, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Damages Were Unavailable but Remanding to Correct the Error

  • Weaver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ivars Lacis, Peachtree City, for appellant.
    for defendant: Benjamin Coker, (District Attorney), Thomaston, Elizabeth Kendrick, (Griffin Circuit Superior Court), Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0016

    Court affirms aggravated battery and other convictions in a child cruelty case

  • Seibert v. Alexander, Jr. et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Seibert, (Lee State Prison), Leesburg, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Stephens, Melanie Wilson, (Gwinnett County Department of Law), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0508

    Defendant's Discharge Under First Offender Act Was Effective and Automatic Immediately Upon His Release From Imprisonment

  • City of Dublin School District v. MMT Holdings, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-08
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure | Tax
    Industry: Education | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Phillip Hartley, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, Hieu Nguyen, (Harben, Hartley & Hawkins, LLP), Gainesville, Charles Warnock, (Warnock & Mackey, LLC), Dublin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry Lumley, (Lumley and Harper, LLC.), Macon, for appellee. Joshua Powell, (Oconee Circuit District Attorney's Office), Eastman, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0619

    School District Lacked Standing to Appeal From Trial Court's Non-Final Ruling Denying Disbursal of Tax Collection Proceeds

  • Hawkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-08-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cynthia Harrison, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Amelia Pray, D. Reynolds, John Melvin, (District Attorney's Office, Cobb Judicial Circuit), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0717

    Court Affirms Convictions for Abuse and Neglect by Counsel Who Operated Unlicensed Homes in Which Mental Impaired Patience Were Held in Unsafe Conditions

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  • AIKG, LLC v. Marshall

    Publication Date: 2019-07-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Diversity
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nanninga, Barbara Marschalk Robert Quinn, (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP), Atlanta, Robert Marcovitch, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Lloyd Hoffspiegel, Alexander Hoffspiegel, (Hoffspiegel & Associates), Atlanta, Mark Link, (Link & Smith, P.C.), Tucker, Ashley Ellerbe-Dawkins, (Attorney at Law), Tucker, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0322

    Trial court conducted a proper Batson analysis regarding litigant's discriminatory reasons for using peremptory juror strikes.

  • Simon v. Murphy et al

    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Lynch, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Joseph Weeks, (McNally Weeks), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Armand Moffett & Brieske), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0418

    Court reverses summary judgment order in a slip-and-fall lawsuit due to outstanding issues of material fact

  • McKenney's Inc. et al. v. Sinyard

    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer Chapin, (Savell & Williams, L.L.P.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Buck, Juliana Sleeper, (Buck Law Firm), Atlanta, Carrie Christie, (Rutherford & Christie LLP), Atlanta, Robert Burke, (Kalka & Baer), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0204

    Claims in a workers' compensation case were contradicted by allegations in a prior lawsuit

  • A&M Hospitalities, LLC, et al. v. Alimchandani

    Publication Date: 2019-06-12
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Justin Scott, (Coleman Talley LLP), Valdosta, Timothy Tanner, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, James Garland, (Alexander & Vann, LLP), Thomasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Henry Scott, (H. Pearce Scott, P.C.), Valdosta, Vineet Roney, (Roney Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0763

    No trial court error in its appointment of a limited receiver to conduct an audit during a judicial dissolution

  • Geer v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-06
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kermit Dorough, (Kermit S. Dorough, Jr., LLC), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Hatcher, Frank Middleton, Charles Wainright, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0588

    Anti-SLAPP Statute Did Not Apply To Defendant's Counterclaim For Attorney Fees