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  • Thompson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Frier, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Fani Willis, Burke Doherty, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1429

    Court affirms convictions for attempted murder and other crimes over defendant's contentions of insufficient evidence, jury instruction error, and ineffective assistance from counsel

  • McAnnally v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Watkins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frances Kuo, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Clayton Fuller, Matthew Moore, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney), Lafayette, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1239

    Court affirms convictions for firearm possession and obstruction of an officer following a traffic stop and rejected defendants' contentions of insufficient evidence and ineffective assistance of counsel

  • Bennett v. Cashin et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph Key, Kayci Timmons, (J. Scott Key, LLC), Madison, for appellant.
    for defendant: David McPherson, (The McPherson Law Firm), Sparta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1708

    Court affirms judgment notwithstanding a jury verdict to the contrary, holding that an unlicensed general contractor cannot recover for nonpayment with a breach of contract claim

  • Sharpe v. McCartney

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick O’Connor, Amelia Stevens, (Oliver Maner LLP), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1550

    Court affirms dismissal of action for excessive use of force by the police, concluding it was not a proper renewal action where plaintiff's original case was dismissed for lack of diligence in service

  • Brixmor New Chastain Corners SC, LLC v. James

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Charles Beans, (McLaughlin Law Firm), Alpharetta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joshua Stein, (J. Stein Law Firm), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1499

    On remand from the Georgia Supreme Court, the court affirmed denial of shopping center's summary judgment motion in a premises liability case and adjusts its ruling on spoliation

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  • White et al. v. McGouirk et al.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Russell Davis, (Downey & Cleveland), Marietta, David Hanson, (The Hanson Firm LLC), Atlanta, Zachary Fuller, (Hanson Fuller, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Derek Nuce, (Pasley, Nuce, Mallory & Davis, LLC), Thomaston, James Sadd, Daniel Epstein, (Slappey & Sadd, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1548

    Court affirms $10.1 million verdict in a medical malpractice case, rejecting defendants' arguments regarding improper comments by plaintiffs' counsel and excessive size of award

  • Thomas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2024-02-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Pipkin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Walker, (Georgia Public Defender Council), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Anita Howard, Cynthia Adams, (Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office Office of the District Attorney Macon Judicial Circuit), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1342

    Court affirms denial of out-of-time appeal in a voluntary manslaughter case

  • Xfinity Mobile et al. v. Risher

    Publication Date: 2024-02-14
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Heather Sharp, Joseph Wargo, Taylor Pernini, (Wargo, French & Singer LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1544

    Court reverses denial of motion for new trial in a dispute over service fees due to superior court's failure to conduct a mandatory hearing on the motion

  • Wellpath, LLC v. Cox

    Publication Date: 2024-02-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephen Schatz, Matthew Howard, (Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrick Flynn, (Patrick S. Flynn, LLC), Albany, Carolyn Burch, (The Burch Firm LLC), Columbus, for appellee; John Dean, (Hall Booth Smith, P. C.), Tifton, Jesse Bowles, (Attorney at Law), Cuthbert, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A1298

    Court reverses denial of defendant's motion to withdraw an admission and grant of plaintiff's partial summary judgment motion over a respondeat superior issue in a personal injury case

  • Modi v. India-American Cultural Association

    Publication Date: 2024-02-14
    Practice Area: Business Torts
    Industry: Non-Profit
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Brown
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Girish Modi, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leo Kogan, (Freeman Mathis & Gary), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A1569

    Court affirms liability for an attorney fee award in a case involving violations of an organization's bylaws, but remands for specific assessment of fees in relation to sanctionable conduct