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  • Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Parker

    Publication Date: 2021-04-23
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Sylvia Cobb, (Law Offices of Andrews and Manganiello/Geico Staff Counsel), Tucker, Michael Kendall, (Kendall Law Group, LLC), Douglasville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Adams, (Kenneth S. Nugent, P.C.), Macon, David Rainwater, (Rainwater & Gibbs, L.L.P.), Cordele, for appellee. William Purvis, (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0474

    Truck Involved in Fatal Accident Did Not Meet Definition of an Uninsured Automobile Under Insurance Policy or Georgia's Uninsured Motorist Statute

  • Gage v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-04-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lee Fitzpatrick, (Attorney at Law), Woodstock, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cliff Head, Shannon Wallace, (Assistant District Attorney), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1760

    Court affirms defendant's conviction for trafficking of methamphetamines over her contentions of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

  • Ortega v. Temple et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-15
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Giles, Deborah Pittman, (Miles Hansford and Tallant, LLC.), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Nancy Jordan, (Kessler & Solomiany), Atlanta, for appellee. Jeanne Woods, (Huff and Woods P.C.), Marietta, Fawn Ortega, Atlanta, W. Uchitel, (Attorney at Law), Jasper, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1716

    Court vacates order awarding custody to a child's godparents and remands for a hearing on the biological mother's fitness and determination of child's best interests

  • Georgia Trails & Rentals, Inc. v. Rogers et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-04-15
    Practice Area: Personal Injury | Premises Liability
    Industry: Entertainment and Leisure
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Martin Fierman, (Attorney at Law), Madison, Ben Fierman, (Fierman Law Firm), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Clark, Richard Sizemore, Michael Smith, (Clark & Smith Law Firm, LLC), Macon, William Dobson, (Morriss, Lober & Dobson, LLC), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1705

    Court affirms $15 million jury verdict in a motorbike race personal injury and premises liability action over multiple challenges by several liable defendants

  • Fassnacht v. Moler

    Publication Date: 2021-03-22
    Practice Area: Damages | Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Sager, Gary Toman, Jason Vuchinich, (Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert James, (Daniels & James LLC), Atlanta, Daniel Shim, (Morriss, Shim, James), Atlanta, Jordan Davis, (Adamson & Cleveland, LLC), Norcross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1583

    Court affirms $30,000 compensatory damages and $375,000 punitive damages award in father's assault and battery lawsuit against his son

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  • Intemann v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kathryn Elwart, (Kathryn R Elwart LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Flynn Broady, (Offc. of the Solicitor Gen'l. Cobb JC), Marietta, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, John Melvin, (District Attorney), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1870

    No Error in Admitting Printouts of Twitter Posts From Account Attributed to Defendant

  • Semo v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-09
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rodney Zell, (Zell & Zell, P.C.), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: David McLaughlin, Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), LaGrange, John Cranford, (Coweta Judicial Circuit), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1840

    Court rejects defendant's arguments on ineffective assistance of counsel and affirms his convictions for vehicular homicide and serious injury by vehicle

  • Jefferson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-03-04
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Merritt, (Campbell Knoll LLC), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2108

    Trial Court Did Not Err by Allowing Bipolar Victim to Testify; Suffering From a Mental Health Condition Is Not a Statutory Exception to Rule 601

  • Tiffany and Tomato Inc. v. Wells and Mcelwee P.C.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-26
    Practice Area: Attorney Compensation | Contractual Disputes | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Legal Services | Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gary Gerrard, (Gary Gerrard, P.A.), Lexington, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Steven Gilliam, Roger Hatcher, (Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A.), Gainesville, Keith Whitaker, (Attorney at Law), Gainesville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A2042

    Landlord Seeking Attorney Fees Not Required to Provide Notice After Obtaining Verdict for Tenant's Failure to Repair Roof

  • In the Interest of K. G. V., a child.

    Publication Date: 2021-01-27
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Darice Good, (Darice M. Good, LLC d.b.a Good Legal Firm, LLC), Roswell, for appellant.
    for defendant: Yari Lawson, (Lawson Raines, LLP), Lawrenceville, Cynthia Lain, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Tyler Vandenberg, Christina Bridger, (Bridger Law Firm), Duluth, for appellee. LeAnne Hicks, (The Chancey Law Firm, PC), Braselton, Linda McKinley, Rachel Patton, (Attorney at Law), Winder, for other party.
    Case Number: A21A0033

    Court reverses dismissal of a permanent guardian's petition for adoption, ruling that permanent guardianship does not foreclose the guardian from seeking adoption