Filter This View

  • Cooper v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-02-18
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Garth Cooper, Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patrician Burton, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Emily Richardson, Donna Stribling, William Kemp, (DeKalb County Solicitor-General's Office), Decatur, Paula Smith, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1946

    Pro Se Appellant's Brief Lacked Appropriate Citations to Record And Legal Authorities, Warranting Affirmance of Judgment

  • In Re Lightfoot

    Publication Date: 2021-02-18
    Practice Area: Court Administration | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lauren Shubow, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Steven Phillips, (Public Defender), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Keith Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, for appellee. Kenneth Kondritzer, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A1828

    Attorney's Courtroom Conduct Did Not Constitute Criminal Contempt

  • Newton et al. v. Jacobs et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-02-17
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Douglas Gibson, (Gibson & Associates, PC), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Matthew Lawrence, James Thagard, (Young, Thagard, Hoffman, Smith, Lawrence & Shenton), Valdosta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A1787

    State's Prescribed Burning Law Shielded Land Owner From Liability For Fire Damage to Adjacent Property

  • Emery v. Guarantee Trust Life Insurance Company

    Publication Date: 2021-02-16
    Practice Area: Insurance Litigation
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Dominick, (Matthew W. Dominick, PC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Joelle Sharman, John Rose, (Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP), Atlanta, for appellee. Daniel Parr, (Weaver Law Firm), Gainesville, for other party.
    Case Number: A20A2082

    Court affirms summary judgment for insurer where it paid a death benefit to the person whose name appeared on a change form, notwithstanding suggestions of fraud

  • Mary Allen Realty & Management, LLC et al. v. Harris et al.

    Publication Date: 2020-05-27
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Natalie Rowland, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jesse Harris, Arquavious Harris, Lawrenceville, Andria Cox, Lilburn, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0523

    Court Affirms Judgment in Tenants' Favor After Landlord's Pattern of Behavior Rises to a Breach of Implied Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment

  • Law Journal Press | Digital Book

    New Jersey Medical Malpractice Law 2024

    Authors: Jonathan H. Lomurro, Gary L. Riveles, Abbott S. Brown

    View this Book

    View more book results for the query "*"

  • Carruthers v. Chan

    Publication Date: 2020-05-20
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald Hawbaker, (Law Office of Donald F. Hawbaker), Griffin, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robert Goldberg, (Attorney at Law), Williamson, Daniel Campen, (Robert M. Goldberg & Associates, P.C.), Peachtree City, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0167

    Court reverses award of attorney's fees against an individual that was not served or made a party to a petition for domestication, but affirms the order granting that petition.

  • Ray v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-19
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amanda Speights, Benjamin Huntington, (Speights Law, PC), Canton, Scott Poole, (Grisham & Poole, P.C.), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Cliff Head, Shannon Wallace, (Assistant District Attorney Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit), Canton, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A0333

    Court vacates and remands rape and sexual battery convictions for consideration of whether prior false accusations are admissible under Rule 403

  • Melton v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lance Tyler, (Tyler Law Firm), Suwanee, for appellant.
    for defendant: Rosanna Szabo, Christopher DeNeve, Brian Whiteside, (Gwinnett County Solicitor-General's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0457

    In DUI Case, Trial Court Failed to Address Voluntariness of Defendant's Consent to Breath Test Based on the Totality of the Circumstances

  • Williams Investment Company v. Girardot

    Publication Date: 2020-05-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: James Thagard, Halton Albritton, (Young Thagard Hoffman Smith Lawrence & Shenton LLP), Valdosta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Eric Milles, (Milles Law), Tallahassee, for appellee. Sandra Foster, (Brennan, Wasden & Painter, LLC), Savannah, Tracie Macke, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for AM.
    Case Number: A20A0649

    Hotel Entitled to Summary Judgment in Personal Injury Case; Injured Guest Has Equal, or Superior, Knowledge of Alleged Wet Condition on Sidewalk Near Pool

  • Robertson v. The State

    Publication Date: 2020-05-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Phipps
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Betsey Tate, (Georgia Public Defender Council - Appellate Division), Americus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Bankston, (Assistant District Attorney), Bainbridge, Joseph Mulholland, (District Attorney), Bainbridge, Moruf Oseni, (Office of the District Attorney, South Georgia Circuit), Bainbridge, for appellee.
    Case Number: A20A0403

    Trial Court Did Not Abuse Its Discretion When it Denied Terroristic Threat Defendant's Second Post-Trial Motion for a Continuance