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  • Bray et al. v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2023-12-14
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Wayne Hendrix, Michael A. Sullivan, (Finch McCranie, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Terry Eugene Williams, Jason Christopher Waymire, (Williams Morris & Waymire), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23G0836

    Court grants petition for a writ of certiorari, noting that sovereign immunity is a jurisdictional issue that must be resolved before a court addresses the merits of a case.

  • Neason v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice LaGrua
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Melissa Akins, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Charles Anthony Jones, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0956

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder convictions and firearm possession over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Colvin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Richard Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Clint Christopher Malcolm, Meghan Hobbs Hill, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson, Lee Franklin Tittsworth, Clifford Louis Kurlander, (gwinnett county district Attorney’s office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A1137

    Court affirms defendant's sentence for his felony murder convictions in vehicular deaths, explaining that the rule of lenity did not apply because homicide by vehicle requires different elements of proof

  • In the Matter of Tamorra A. Boyd.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    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: Ecleynne Mercy, (The Foster Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.; LaVonda Rochelle DeWitt, Atlanta, for Other Party
    Case Number: S22Y0940

    ourt accepts attorney's petition for public reprimand in response to disciplinary matter over her violations of Practice Rules 1.4, 1.5(b), and 7.1

  • Carter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-12-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Ellington
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin Alan Anderson, (Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Eric Christopher Peters, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Virginia Lee Davis, Alex Martin Bernick, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta for appellee.
    Case Number: S23A0871

    Court affirms convictions for malice murder and other crimes and rejects defendant's claims of error as to omission of an accomplice corroboration jury Instruction and improper admission of evidence

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  • Docs of Ct, LLC v. Biotek Services, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Dispute Resolution
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erika Birg, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Bryan Brunson, (Brunson Law LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0974

    Court affirms arbitration award despite irregularities in arbitration process that involved ex parte communications between one party and the arbitrator and failure to maintain a proper record

  • Carole Maso et al. v. Brian Zeh et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-11
    Practice Area: Health Care Law | Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Pinson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Brian Terry, Jane D. Vincent, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Bentley Cash, David Najeeb Krugler, Wendy Goodwin Huray, Laura Lynne Voght, (Cash, Krugler & Fredericks, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Randolph Page Powell, Jr., Alexander Collins Vey, (Huff, Powell & Bailey, LLC), Atlanta, Laura M. Shamp, Joshua Forrest Silk, (Shamp Silk), Atlanta, Rosser Adams Malone, (Malone Law Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S23C0765

    Physician Assistant Act Does Not Create Vicarious Liability for Supervising Physicians For Medical Acts of Their Physician Assistants

  • Bowers v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    Practice Area: Toxic Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristopher Alderman, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Alison Currie, (FisherBroyles, LLP), Atlanta, Randolph Mayer, (Mayer & Harper LLP), Atlanta, Shawn Ricci, (Marc J. Bern & Partners, LLP), Conshohocken, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Loebl, Sonja Tate, (Fulcher Hagler LLP), Augusta, Frank Gordon, (Millberg Gordon Stewart PLLC), Raleigh, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0839

    Court affirms exclusion of expert testimony and grant of summary judgment in favor of an employer in a FELA lung cancer case, finding that the testimony speculated and did not establish causation

  • In the Matter of Walter Douglas Adams.

    Publication Date: 2023-12-08
    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: Walter Douglas Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee; Jack J. Helms, Jr., (The Helms Law Firm, P.C.), Homerville, for other party.
    Case Number: S23Y0437

    Attorney's Rules Violation in Connection With Fee Dispute Warranted One-Year Suspension

  • Hi Technology Corp. v. Quality Investment Properties Suwanee, LLC

    Publication Date: 2023-12-07
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Call Centers
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Blackwell, James Grant, Jonathan Parente, Caroline Rawls, Anderson Kemp, (Alston & Bird LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Balser, Robert Griest, Billie Pritchard, Charles Spalding, (King & Spalding LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0808

    Court affirms liability limitation on claims for breach of contract, affirms in part and reverses in part summary judgment on defamation claims, and affirms denial of prejudgment interest