• Hall et al. v. Hill

    Publication Date: 2021-08-06
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Wrongful Death
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Cork, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, Trent Speckhals, (Speckhals Law, P. C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Willingham, (Law Offices of Thomas P. Willingham PC), Birmingham, William Norwood, (Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick Morrison & Norwood P.C.), Atlanta, Yehuda Smolar, (Yes Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; John Smith, William Purvis, (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, Richard Hines, (Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough), Atlanta for other party.

    Case Number: A21A0111

    Court affirms majority of orders addressing procedure regarding estate conservator's exclusive right to represent minor children in a wrongful death action

  • Elliott et al. v. Savannah International Motors, Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-08-03
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Civil Procedure
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Hunter, Timothy Roberts, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anthony Casella, Malcolm Mackenzie, (Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, Greenberg), Savannah, Keri Martin, (Moore Clarke Duvall & Rodgers, P.C.), Savannah, for appellee; Ronald Berry, (Ronald C. Berry, P.C.), Savannah, for other party.

    Case Number: A21A0387

    Court orders cases involving purchase and sale of stock to be retried due to error in consolidating them that was contrary to the parties' consent

  • Green v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randall Sharp, (Sharp Georgia Law Firm), Smyrna, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chad Pritchett, Louie Fraser, (Dublin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Dublin, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0353

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's challenges to evidence and contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Weaver v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jacob Weaver, (Riverbend Correctional Facility), Milledgeville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Paul Howard, (Fulton County District Attorney), Atlanta, Kevin Armstrong, (Office of the District Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0383

    Extraordinary Motion For New Trial Not Appropriate For Raising Issues That Could Have Been Addressed in Habeas Proceeding

  • Whitson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-07-06
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Darius Pattillo, Sharon Hopkins, (Henry County District Attorney's Office), McDonough, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0389

    Other-Acts Evidence of Act Committed Against Past Girlfriend Admissible to Prove Alleged Acts Against Recent Girlfriend

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  • Doxey v. Crissey et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-07-05
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Hylton Dupree, Blake Carl, (Dupree & Kimbrough, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Beard, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, Richard Calhoun, (Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC), Marietta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0203

    Court vacates amended order and remands case for the trial court to conduct proceedings and to consider evidence on the changed use of an easement

  • Ary v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-06-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan Lockwood, (Office of the Public Defender Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Jesup, for appellant.
    for defendant: Charles Higgins, Jacquelyn Johnson, Thomas Buscemi, (District Attorney's Office for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit), Brunswick, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0165

    Court affirms child molestation convictions over defendant's evidentiary challenges, contention of error in a jury charge, and claim of ineffective assistance

  • Williams v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-05-25
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Jones, (Jones Appellate Law Practice, P.C.), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Smith, Henry Syms, Jared Williams, (District Attorney's Office Augusta Judicial Circuit), Augusta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0381

    Court affirms armed robbery and other convictions over defendant's contentions of per se prejudice allegedly resulting from an extended delay in his appeal rights

  • Giller et al. v. Slosberg

    Publication Date: 2021-05-25
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon LLC), Atlanta, Leah Sears, Sasha Greenberg, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyler Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon LLC), Atlanta, Janet Litt, (Janet Litt, LLC), Atlanta, Kevin O'Sullivan, (Cohen Pollock Merlin & Small P.C.), Atlanta, Frederick Sugarman, Matthew Hawk, (Sugarman Law LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0001

    Court reverses trial court judgment and imposition of a constructive trust in a challenge to an estate distribution matter involving undue influence by trust beneficiaries

  • Giller et al. v. Slosberg

    Publication Date: 2021-05-20
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tyler Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon LLC), Atlanta, Leah Sears, Sasha Greenberg, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tyler Dixon, (Raiford & Dixon LLC), Atlanta, Janet Litt, (Janet Litt, LLC), Atlanta, Kevin O'Sullivan, (Cohen Pollock Merlin & Small P.C.), Atlanta, Frederick Sugarman, Matthew Hawk, (Sugarman Law LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A21A0001

    Court reverses trial court judgment and imposition of a constructive trust in a challenge to an estate distribution matter involving undue influence by trust beneficiaries