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  • Priester v. Turner et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-24
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Norman Pearson, (Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP), Macon, Karl Broder, Griffin, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1465

    Court reverses summary judgment dismissal of an independent loss of consortium complaint filed by a spouse, ruling it was not barred by the procedural dismissal of her husband's personal injury action

  • Wise Business Forms Inc. v. Forsyth County et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-23
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Butler, (Attorney at Law), Dahlonega, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Hamilton, Gregory Meyer, (Jarrard & Davis, LLP), Cumming, Julie Jacobs, Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Office of the Attorney General), Atlanta, Luther Beck, John Zwald, (Beck, Zwald & Associates, LLC), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1459

    Court vacates its previous ruling and adopts Supreme Court opinion that reversed the dismissal of a plaintiff's property nuisance claim, finding that the statute of limitations had not been tolled

  • Davis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Fuller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Shalena Jones, Bryan Roy, (Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1751

    Court affirms convictions for rape, aggravated Assault, and false Imprisonment over defendant's contentions of Inconsistent verdicts, insufficient evidence, jury instruction error, and improper closing

  • In the Matter of Steven Ryan Webster.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig A. Webster, (Webster Law Group, Inc.), Tifton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Andreea N. Morrison, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24Y0019

    Court accepts attorney's voluntary petition to surrender his license in a case involving financial mismanagement and trust account violations in relation with real estate services

  • Cooper et al. v. Pollard et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-22
    Practice Area: Election and Political Law | Government
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christopher Cohilas, Maggie Cropp, (Watson Spence LLP), Albany,, for appellant.
    for defendant: Venterra Pollard, Corey Morgan, Camilla, for appellee; LaTonya Wiley, (Denmark Ashby LLC), Atlanta, for AM.
    Case Number: A24A0389

    Court affirms default judgments in a quo warranto action and denial of a contempt motion pending an appeal in a petitioner's residency eligibility challenge to district council members

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  • Jaccaro Cross v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jessica Towne, (Clark & Towne, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1446

    Court affirms multiple convictions in an armed robbery case over defendant's challenges involving identification testimony by co-defendant and another witness

  • In the Matter of Ashutosh S. Joshi.

    Publication Date: 2024-01-19
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Douglas Vincent Chandler, (Chandler Law LLC), Alpharetta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23Y0975

    Court accepts attorney's voluntary surrender of his license in a disciplinary action involving misrepresentation and unauthorized contact with a represented party in a murder case

  • Poole v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Dillard
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jerry Chappell, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Leah Mayo, (Rome District Attorney’s Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1318

    Court affirms convictions for theft by taking and exploitation of a disabled adult over defendant's contention that the two convictions were mutually exclusive

  • Graham v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jody Peterman, (Attorney at Law), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michelle Harrison, Bradfield Shealy, (District Attorney Southern Judicial Circuit), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1377

    Court affirms conviction for incest and statutory rape over defendant's contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel, emphasizing the strength of DNA evidence against him

  • Bell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-01-17
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eric Crawford, (Crawford and Boyle, LLC), Monroe, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randal McGinley, Alexandra Stone, (Newton County District Attorney’s Office), Covington, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1215

    Court vacates its previous ruling and reverses convictions in child death case following the Georgia Supreme Court's ruling which reversed that previous opinion.