• Eley et al. v. Fedee

    Publication Date: 2022-03-08
    Practice Area: Motor Vehicle Torts | Personal Injury
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew Agatston, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, John Williamson, (Williamson & York, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Schreck, (Savell & Williams, LLP), Atlanta, Catalina Alvarez, (Law Offices of Andrews & Manganiello), Tucker, for appellee; Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta for AM.

    Case Number: A21A1513

    Impact Rule Applies to All Straightforward Claims of Negligence and Gross Negligence

  • Johnson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Steven Miller, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, Melissa Pittman, (Assistant District Attorney Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit), Ringgold, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1306

    Court reverses conviction for misdemeanor obstruction of a police officer where the officer did not have a reasonable and articulable suspicion to stop a defendant

  • Fireman's Fund Insurance Company v. Holder Construction Group, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-15
    Practice Area: Expert Witnesses
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Jones, (The Jones Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Hankins, Katherine Barton, (Goodman, McGuffey, Lindsey & Johnson LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1558

    Court determines that trial court erred in excluding expert testimony an all matters that were not conclusions of law, and in granting summary judgment on causation

  • Brown v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Dell Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Jason Rea, (DeKalb County District Attorney's Office), Decatur, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1672

    Court affirms conviction for statutory rape over defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence and claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Miles v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-02-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Nestrud, (Georgia Public Defender Council - The Appellate Division), Atlanta, Grace Liu, (Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1378

    Trial Court's Failure to Instruct on Lesser-Included Offense In Absence of Written Request Not Reversible Error

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  • Ron Johnson, Jr. Enterprises, Inc. v. Hartry et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-18
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Foster, Elizabeth Bentley, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, John Stewart, Amanda Smith, (Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer, LLP), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Warshauer, Trent Shuping, (Warshauer Law Group, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0302

    Court reverses an order that re-transferred venue back to the original County in which the case originated

  • Ansley Walk Condominium Association, Inc. et al. v. The Atlanta Development Authority d/b/a Invest Atlanta et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-01-14
    Practice Area: Class Actions
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott Morris, Joseph Jacobson, (Holt Ney Zatcoff & Wasserman, LLP), Atlanta, Steven Wald, Michael Smith, (Stewart, Wald & McCulley, LLC), St. Louis, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Alpert, Jeffrey Douglass, Douglas Hance, (Morris Manning & Martin, LLP), Atlanta, Jeffrey Zachman, Nathan Garroway, Jeffrey Zachman, (Dentons US LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1623

    Court affirms denial of class certification as to inverse condemnation and trespass claims because of differences in putative class members' claims

  • Stapleton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-01-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: George Donaldson, (Perry & Walters, LLP), Albany, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joseph Mulholland, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1789

    Creating Hit List and List of Supplies to Commit Murders, and Bringing Gun to School, Supported Crime of Attempted Murder

  • Doe v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-01-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Roch, (The Roch Law Firm, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cliff Head, Shannon Wallace, (Assistant District Attorney), Canton, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1750

    Nolo Contendere Plea Was Conviction Under Recently Amended Statute Permitting Sealing of Records of Felony Charges

  • Spires v. Thomas

    Publication Date: 2021-12-29
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Piasta, Michael Walker, (Piasta Newbern Walker, LLC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, (The Summerville Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Maxwell Thelen, (Ashby Thelen Lowry), Marietta, Douglas Dean, (Lawson & Reid), Cordele, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Cowsert, Michael Broun, (Cowsert & Avery), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A1299

    Trial Court Erred in Granting Summary Judgment in Personal Injury Case; Conflicting Evidence Exists as to Injured Plaintiff's Location at the Time of the Collision