• Dillard v. Schilke

    Publication Date: 2019-11-04
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Odis Williams, (The Law Office of Odis Williams, P.C.), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Chester Gregg, (Babo & Gregg, Attorneys at Law, PC), Richmond Hill, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1472

    Second wife was deceased husband's legal surviving spouse, and circumstantial evidence was sufficient to prove to prove divorce from first wife

  • Vaughn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-29
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robby King, Daniel Porter, (Gwinnett Justice & Administrative Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0956

    Court Did Not Err in Admitting Evidence of Molestation Against One Victim as Intrinsic Evidence in Case Charging Defendant with Molestation Against Two Others

  • Morgan County, Georgia v. Gay

    Publication Date: 2019-10-22
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christian Henry, (Hall Booth Smith PC), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Horner, (Middle Georgia Access to Justice Council, Inc.), Macon, Ivy Cadle, Charles Ruffin, (Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC), Macon, Thomas Rogers, (Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Bryant), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A1190

    Court affirms denial of multiple motions addressing a land condemnation and reverses and remand on a single issue.

  • Vaughn v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-10-17
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Lynn Kleinrock, (Law Office of Lynn M. Kleinrock), Tucker, for appellant.
    for defendant: Robby King, Daniel Porter, (District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0956

    Defendant Waived Issue as to Whether Evidence Code Provision Unconstitutionally Shifted Burden to Him to Prove His Innocence

  • Bishop v. Goins et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Turner, (Turner & Lawrence, P.C.), Jackson, for appellant.
    for defendant: Hays McQueen, (Jones Cork & Miller LLP), Macon, for appellee.

    Case Number: A17A2058

    On Remand, Court of Appeals Summarily Adopts Supreme Court Decision That Held That Fees Are Unavailable for A Party Who Successfully Obtains A Stalking Protective Order, Reverses Trial Court Order, And Remands

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  • Ward-Poag v. Fulton County

    Publication Date: 2019-08-28
    Practice Area: Bankruptcy | Whistleblower Laws
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rebecca McLaws, (Attorney at Law), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allegra Lawrence, (Lawrence & Bundy LLC), Atlanta, Kaye Burwell, (Office of Fulton Co. Attorney), Atlanta, for appellee. Steven West, (Days & West, P. C.), Atlanta, Lisa West, (The West Firm), Atlanta, for Other Party.

    Case Number: A19A0173

    Court Reverses Order Granting Summary Judgment to County Facing Whistleblower Claims by Former Employee Where Trial Court Held That Claims Were Barred by Judicial Estoppel but Where Claims Were Timely Disclosed in Bankruptcy Court by Former Employee

  • State of Georgia v. Duncan et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-08-26
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert Bunner, Christopher Carr, Kathleen Pacious, Loretta Pinkston-Pope, Shalen Nelson, (Senior Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Thomas Beisswenger, David Thomson, (Beisswenger & Thomson P.A.), Athens, Jed Manton, Madeline McNeeley, (Harris Lowry Manton, LLP), Atlanta, Ashley Alfonso, Roger Harris, (Swift, Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Andrew Capobianco, Richard Bruno, (Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP), Atlanta, Valerie Pinkett, (Guideone Insurance), Des Moines, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0292

    Court Affirms Order Dismissing Claims Against Foster Parents by Biological Parents of Dead Child, Approving of Trial Court's Conclusion That Sovereign Immunity Barred Claims Against Foster Family

  • Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia v. One Sixty Over Ninety, LLC

    Publication Date: 2019-08-20
    Practice Area: Trade Secrets
    Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Banks, Christopher Carr, Keilani Parker, Mary Volkert, (Assistant Attorney General), Atlanta, Edward Tolley, (Attorney At Law), Athens, Devin Smith, (Cook & Tolley LLP), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: Austin Hemmer, Jeffrey Willis, (Rogers & Hardin, LLP), Macon, Atlanta, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0006

    Court Affirms Trial Court's Order Denying Sovereign Immunity to University of Georgia for Alleged Violations of the Georgia Trade Secrets Act

  • McCullough v. State

    Publication Date: 2019-07-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Pearlman, (Office of the Public Defender Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Britt, Kenneth Mauldin, (Office of the District Attorney - Western Judicial Circuit), Athens, for appellee.

    Case Number: A19A0603

    Court Affirms Convictions for Armed Robbery and Other Offenses Over Contentions That Robbery Never Occurred Where Defendant Fled Before Completing Robbery but Had Taken Victim's Cell Phone at Outset of Robbery

  • Republic Title Company, LLC v. Freeport Title and Guaranty, Inc., as trustee of The New Stokes Avenue Land Trust

    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Hodges
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Tynesha Walls, (Rhodes Walls Law Office, LLC), Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: John Clark, (Clark Caskey, LLC), Atlanta, for appellee. William Sams, (Office of the Fulton County Attorney), Atlanta, for other party.

    Case Number: A19A0274

    Court awards excess funds from tax sale and quiets title in favor of property claimant