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  • Ekhorutomwen v. Jamison

    Publication Date: 2020-10-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donna-Marie Hayle, (Hayle Hoffecker Peacock), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Dominisha Jamison, Rex, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1539

    "Clerical Error" Did Not Provide Justification for Substantive Changes to Child Support Order

  • Meheux v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-23
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice McMillian
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wade Nichols Krueger, (Public Defender's Office), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Michael Alexander Oldham, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Michelle Thomas Harrison, Bradfield M. Shealy, (Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S20A0963

    Trial Court Erred in Dismissing Untimely Amended Motion for a New Trial, Rather Than Deciding It On the Merits

  • Claxton v. Adams

    Publication Date: 2020-10-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca Strickland, Stephen Schatz, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, John Nichols, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0780

    Court affirms order for reconsideration of enforcement of a personal injury settlement offer over negligent party's challenges to reconsideration.

  • Atlanta Women's Specialists, LLC et al. v. Trabue et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-19
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Medical Malpractice | Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David H. Flint, Michael David Flint, Jamie Lee Kastler, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Sims Stone, (Law Offices of William S. Stone), Blakely, Michael George Regas, (Stone Law Group LLC), Atlanta, Ryals Drayton Stone, (Boone & Stone), Atlanta, James William Stone, (The Stone Law Group – Trial Lawyers, LLC), Blakely, Michael Brian Terry, Naveen Ramachandrappa, (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Keri Fielder Conley, (Georgia Hospital Association), Marietta, Donald J. Palmisano, Jr., (Medical Association of Georgia), Atlanta, Tracy Morgan Baker, (Wellstar Health System, Inc.), Marietta, Judson Herben Turner, (Gilbert Harrell Sumerford & Martin, P.C.), Brunswick, Amy W. Adelman, (Emory University), Atlanta, David Christopher Hanson, Jessica To Holland, Paul E. Weathington, (Weathington McGrew, P.C.), Atlanta, William Thomas Worthy, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, Elizabeth McFall Leddy , (Piedmont Healthcare, INC.), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellant. Laurie Webb Daniel, Matthew D. Friedlander, (Holland & Knight, LLP), Atlanta, Leah Ward Sears, Colin Dang Delaney, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, Daniel James Huff, Taylor Marie Tribble, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S19G1138

    Personal Injury Defendants Seeking Appportionment For Nonparty's Conduct Should Have Filed Pretrial Notice of Nonparty Fault

  • Kishel v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-10-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Winchester, (Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul Howard, Juliana Sleeper, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1380

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse its Discretion in Denying Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Based on Alleged Speedy Trial Violation; Defendant Did Not Assert His Right to a Speedy Trial Until He Moved to Dismiss

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  • In re Estate of Hanson

    Publication Date: 2020-10-15
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ophelia Chan, Stephanie Carman, (The Chan Law Firm, LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Louis Levenson, (Louis Levenson & Associates), Atlanta, George Lott, (Stack & Associates, P.C.), Atlanta for appellee. Bertram Boley, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1109

    Georgia Probate Court Erred in Concluding it Had Jurisdiction to Order a Permanent Guardianship and Conservatorship Regarding Florida Resident and His Non-Georgia Property

  • The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Inc. et al. v. Cancel et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-10-01
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ranse Partin, James Cox, (Conley Griggs Partin LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: George McGriff, Eric Wyatt, (George W. McGriff & Associates), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1215

    Plaintiff Failed to Move for Attorneys' Fees During the Term of Court in Which the Trial Court Entered Final Judgment Upon Remittitur; Motion Therefore Was Not Timely Filed

  • Stanton v. Harris

    Publication Date: 2020-09-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Personal Injury
    Industry: Travel and Tourism
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Wilson, Adam Princenthal, (Princenthal & May, LLC), Sandy Springs, Kyle Moore, (Law Office of Kyle M. Moore), Gainesville, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Myers, (Myers & Stroberg), Gainesville, for appellee. Stephen Schatz, Sean Farrell, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A0816

    Court affirms dismissal of personal injury car accident case because the State did not have personal jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant

  • Coen v. Aptean, Inc. et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-09-24
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Damages
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Timothy Coen, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Ames, (Balch & Bingham LLP), Atlanta, Steven Collins, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, Rachel Gage, Richard Robbins, Alexa Ross, (Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0522

    Statutory Abusive Litigation Claim Asserted in Renewal Suit Was Not Time-Barred; Derivative Request for Punitive Damages Also Not Time-Barred

  • City of Rincon et al. v. Ernest Communities, LLC

    Publication Date: 2020-08-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Land Use and Planning
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Dickey, (Attorney at Law), Rincon, Patrick O'Connor, Benjamin Perkins, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Johnson, Phillip McCorkle, (McCorkle & Johnson LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0765

    Trial Court Must Consider Application of Zoning Procedures Law to Declaratory Judgment Claims Against City, Which Were Not Barred by Sovereign Immunity