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  • Sharpe v. McCartney

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick O’Connor, Amelia Stevens, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1550

    Court affirms dismissal of action for excessive use of force by the police, concluding it was not a proper renewal action where plaintiff's original case was dismissed for lack of diligence in service

  • Brixmor New Chastain Corners SC, LLC v. James

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Beans, (McLaughlin Law Firm), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Stein, (J. Stein Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1499

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court affirmed denial of shopping center's summary judgment motion in a premises liability case and adjusts its ruling on spoliation

  • White et al. v. McGouirk et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell Davis, (Downey & Cleveland), Marietta, David Hanson, (The Hanson Firm LLC), Atlanta, Zachary Fuller, (Hanson Fuller, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derek Nuce, (Pasley, Nuce, Mallory & Davis, LLC), Thomaston, James Sadd, Daniel Epstein, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1548

    Court affirms $10.1 million verdict in a medical malpractice case, rejecting defendants' arguments regarding improper comments by plaintiffs' counsel and excessive size of award

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anita Howard, Cynthia Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office Office of the District Attorney Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1342

    Court affirms denial of out-of-time appeal in a voluntary manslaughter case

  • Xfinity Mobile et al. v. Risher

    Publication Date: 2024-02-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather Sharp, Joseph Wargo, Taylor Pernini, (Wargo, French & Singer LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1544

    Court reverses denial of motion for new trial in a dispute over service fees due to superior court's failure to conduct a mandatory hearing on the motion

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  • Wellpath, LLC v. Cox

    Publication Date: 2024-02-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Schatz, Matthew Howard, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Flynn, (Patrick S. Flynn, LLC), Albany, Carolyn Burch, (The Burch Firm LLC), Columbus, for appellee; John Dean, (Hall Booth Smith, P. C.), Tifton, Jesse Bowles, (Attorney at Law), Cuthbert, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1298

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion to withdraw an admission and grant of plaintiff's partial summary judgment motion over a respondeat superior issue in a personal injury case

  • Modi v. India-American Cultural Association

    Publication Date: 2024-02-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Girish Modi, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Kogan, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1569

    Court affirms liability for an attorney fee award in a case involving violations of an organization's bylaws, but remands for specific assessment of fees in relation to sanctionable conduct

  • In the Matter of Sharon L. Barksdale.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Stephen Lewis, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Barclay Brown, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Atlanta, for appellee; Herman Maddox Kilgore, (Kilgore & Rodriguez LLC), Marietta, William Thomas Davis, (Naggiar & Sarif LLC), Newnan, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0016

    Court imposes a public reprimand in an attorney disciplinary matter for violations of Rules 1.3 and 1.4 of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct

  • In the Matter of R. Dale Perry.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Van Hearnburg, Jr., Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman, William Dallas NeSmith, III, (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: R. Dale Perry, Gainseville, for appellee; Patrick H. Head, Marietta, for Other Party.
    Case Number: S24Y0071

    Court disbars attorney for multiple violations of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct in various client matters

  • Bradley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Bethel
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George William Thomas, Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., (Brownstone, P.A.), Winter Park, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani T. Willis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, Chelsea Sharonlyn-Clyde Harvey, (Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S24A0010

    Court affirms convictions for murder and assault over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel