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  • Gibson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Barbara Mattes, (Barbara Mattes Attorney at Law), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1221

    Court affirms defendant's armed robbery and other convictions but vacates sentences due to merger errors, and reverses defendant's unrelated shoplifting conviction

  • Villages of Cascade Homeowners Association, Inc. v. Edwards

    Publication Date: 2022-04-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Reese
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Daly, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Smith, (Law Offices of Michael Smith, LLC), Decatur, Brynda Insley, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1336

    Court reverses denial of Homeowners Association's motion for summary judgment on injured resident's claims for premises liability, nuisance, and punitive damages

  • Donrob Investments, L. P. et al. v. 360 Residential, LLC et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-15
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Doyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael Bowers, Christopher Fairchild, (Johnson Marlowe LLP), Athens, Thomas Camp, (Camp Firm, LLC), Newnan, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Christy, Debbie Wilson, (Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1433

    Court affirms specific performance on a purchase and sale contract for a parcel of land but reverses as to purchaser's right to collect money damages

  • Burrell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Cara Clark, (Dwayne C. Singleton, LLC), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Suzanne Brookshire, (Cherokee Judicial Circuit), Cartersville, Rosemary Greene, (District Attorney), Calhoun, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1973

    Court affirms convictions for kidnapping and other crimes over defendant's challenges to jurisdiction and evidence, and contentions of ineffective assistance

  • Best v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Johnson, (Law Office of Mickey Johnson), Nashville, for appellant.
    for defendant: George Barnhill, (District Attorney's Office), Waycross, John Rumker, (Assistant District Attorney), Douglas, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A0175

    Testimony From Accomplices and Other Corroborating Evidence Supported Conviction for Store Armed Robberies

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  • Willis v. Cheeley

    Publication Date: 2022-04-13
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Frankel, Adam Gaslowitz, Luke Caselman, (Gaslowitz Frankel LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Hamberg, (The Hamberg Law Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1730

    Action Not Justiciable Where Resolution of Dispute Would Have No Legal Effect on Parties' Conduct

  • Baker v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Stidham, (Banks, Stubbs, & McFarland), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Adam Keller, William Finch, Jenna Murphy, (Forsyth County Solicitor General), Cumming, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1238

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal where failure to file a timely appeal was due to ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Ulbrich v. The State

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Markle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Lake, (Gillen Withers & Lake, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Marbutt, (Assistant District Attorney), Marietta, Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, Paula Smith, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Flynn Broady, Linda Dunikoski, (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1219

    Court affirms convictions for RICO Act violations theft by deception, and practicing license without a medicine over multiple challenges by defendants

  • Summerour et al. v. City of Monroe et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge Barnes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Craig Jones, (Craig T. Jones, PC), Washington, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sara Brochstein, Dana Maine, (Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1561

    Court affirms dismissal on the pleadings of wrongful death action on grounds of sovereign immunity. but vacates and remands as to official immunity

  • Butler v. Butler et al.

    Publication Date: 2022-04-12
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lisa Taylor, (Stembridge Taylor LLC), Watkinsville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Tiffany Ellenberg, (Attorney at Law), Madison, Katherine Stoff, (State Law Department), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1570

    Court vacates denial of unemployment benefits and remands for consideration of whether employee's health justified her leaving her job due to potential COVID exposure