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  • Jackson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Samuel Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Samir J. Patel, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Cartersville, Elizabeth Haase Brock, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0854

    Court affirms felony murder convictions over defendants' contentions of insufficient evidence, trial court error, and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Rashad v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-03-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Katherine Morgan Mason, (Law Office of the Public Defender), Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Ellen Patterson, Emily Griffin Johnson, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0864

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of the evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Burbach v. Motorsports of Conyers, LLC d/b/a Falcons Fury Harley-Davidson et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-29
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: K. Reddy, (Reddy Law Firm, PC.), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Maguire, (Parks, Chesin & Walbert, P.C.), Atlanta, Kevin Maxim, (The Maxim Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1420

    Court vacates its prior opinion and remands for application of a framework elucidated by the Georgia Supreme Court to evaluate an employment restrictive covenant governed by foreign law

  • Harper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin David Goldberg, (The Law Office of Ben Goldberg, LLC), Mableton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, Christopher M. Carr, Paula Khristian Smith, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0810

    Court affirms felony murder convictions over defendant's claims of due process violations, and contentions of error regarding references to his statements and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Kennestone Hospital, Inc. d/b/a Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital v. Emory University d/b/a Emory University Hospital Smyrna, et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-29
    Practice Area: Administrative Law | Health Care Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Boone Darden, Armando Luis Basarrate, II, Grace Park Blood, (Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP), Atlanta, Robert D. Ingram, David Patrick Conley, (Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Charles Threlkeld, Elliott Leigh Coward, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, Stacey Ann Hillock, (Georgia Department of Community Health), Atlanta, Margaret Kemmerly Eckrote, Jeffrey William Stump, Christopher M. Carr, Charles K. Thimmesch, Cathelynn Tio, Stephen John Petrany, James Edward Barrett, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S22G1282

    Court clarifies that a hospital certificate of need ("CON") is a private property right, vacates appellate court opinion to the contrary, and remands for further analysis

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  • Beall v. Beall

    Publication Date: 2024-02-28
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1549

    Court affirms in part and vacates in part a custody decision that denied a divorced parent visitation rights with a child, and remands for a revised parenting time determination

  • White v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1699

    Court affirms denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea in a manslaughter and assault case and rejects defendant's contention of double jeopardy, citing insufficient evidence of factual merger

  • Tucker et al. v. Brannen Lake East, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-28
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1265

    Court reverses trial court ruling that had restricted lot owners' lake access and affirmed their express easement right to use the lake

  • McBrayer et al. v. Scarbrough

    Publication Date: 2024-02-27
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Miller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A22A0002

    Court reverses grant of judgment on the pleadings in a wrongful death case due to waived sovereign immunity

  • Harmon v. Progressive Premier Insurance Company of Illinois

    Publication Date: 2024-02-27
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: N/a
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A23A1245

    Court dismisses plaintiff's appeal of summary judgment for insurer in a car accident case, finding that plaintiff's decision to appeal followed by a procedural default precluded further review