• Cochran v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg Willis, Casey Cleaver, Jessica Jones, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sonya Chachere-Compton, William Smith, (Douglas County Solicitor General’s Office), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0013

    Court reverses dismissal of defendant's motion to suppress evidence in a DUI case, finding that the motion adequately detailed assertions that a traffic stop was pretextual and lacked probable cause

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Copeland, (Rouse + Copeland LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joe Skeens, Billy Nelson, (Office of the District Attorney for the Atlantic Judicial Circuit), Hinesville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0459

    Court affirms conviction for child molestation over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and contentions of error in not giving a certain jury instruction on a. lesser included offense

  • Drucker v. Morgan et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-01
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Eugene Brooks, (Brooks Law Firm), Savannah, Kurt Kastorf, (Kastorf Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Gregory Mast, Christopher Lee, (Fields Howell LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0593

    Court affirms summary judgment for certain entities in a premises liability claim but reverses dismissal of claims against a rental property's owner due to unresolved questions of fact

  • Stewartson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-05-01
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lloyd Matthews, (Attorney at Law), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0166

    Court affirms convictions for voluntary manslaughter and firearm possession over defendant's challenges to a jury instruction on mutual combat and contentions of constitutional rights violations

  • First Acceptance Insurance Company of Georgia v. Watts et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-30
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation | Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: P. Freed, Philip Savrin, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, James Finley, Amy Daugherty, (The Finley Firm, P.C.), Columbus, Daniel Hendrix, (Jackson & Hendrix, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ben Brodhead, Ashley Fournet, Michael Arndt, (Brodhead Law, LLC), Atlanta, Orlando Ojeda, (Ojeda Legal, LLC), Atlanta, Kenneth Bernard, (Sherrod & Bernard), Douglasville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0588

    Court dismisses an insurer's appeal to the denial of its declaratory judgment action in an insurance coverage dispute because resolution of underlying tort action had been reached

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  • Smalley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Marie Broder, (Spalding County District Attorney’s Office), Griffin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0663

    Court vacates first-time felon's sentencing order and remands for trial court's inclusion in that order of a Behavioral Incentive Date (BID) as mandated by OCGA § 17-10-1 (a) (1) (B) (i)

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Chief Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Noel Thomas, (Washington State Prison), Davisboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Darius Pattillo, (Henry County District Attorney’s Office), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A24A0214

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motions to vacate a void sentence and to withdraw a negotiated guilty plea based on a void sentence, and remands for reconsideration

  • KOS Limited v. Dockery et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Damages | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Manufacturing
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Taube, Peter Munk, Edgar Neely, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hadden, Darren Penn, (Penn Law, LLC), Atlanta, Eric Ripper, (Ripper Law Firm PC), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1697

    Curt affirms denial of a motion by one defendant to set aside a joint and several damages award because that defendant failed to timely provide evidence to support apportionment

  • Ferguson et al. v. Bowers et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Speed, Michelle King, (Speed & King, LLC), Atlanta, Michael Terry, Matthew Sellers, (Bondurant Mixson & Elmore), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Hall, Beth Kanik, (Hall, Booth, Smith, & Slover, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1715

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of physicians in a medical malpractice action stemming from the discharge of a patient with mental disorders who drowned after being released

  • Solis v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-04-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Madison Sisco, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Covington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeffrey Perry, (The Perry Law Firm), Winder, James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, for appellee.

    Case Number: A23A1752

    Court affirms convictions for sexual battery over defendant's contention of structural error and ineffective assistance, but reverses conviction for cruelty to children due to juror misconduct