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  • Henderson v. James

    Publication Date: 2019-07-09
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brandon Shepherd, (Dillard & Shepherd, LLC), Waycross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Huey Spearman, (Attorney at Law), Waycross, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0632

    Service by publication fails to confer personal jurisdiction in a tort action.

  • Heard v. Payne et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-02
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas Lindsay, (Townley & Lindsay, LLC), Rossville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Hise, (Palmour Law Firm), Summerville, Albert Palmour, (Attorney at Law), Summerville, Jack Floyd, John Floyd, (Floyd Law Firm), Gadsden, Christopher Carr, (Attorney General), Atlanta, Brooke Heinz, Sarah McBrayer, (Georgia Department of Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0333

    Court Affirms Jury Verdict in Favor of Competing Claimant in Dispute Over Ownership of Winning Lottery Ticket Over Various Evidentiary Challenges

  • Dodd v. Dodd

    Publication Date: 2019-06-21
    Practice Area: Trusts and Estates
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Morgan Robertson, (Robertson, Bodoh & Nasrallah, LLP), Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Pamela Stephenson, (Stephenson Reynolds Law), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0178

    Complaint seeking reimbursement of funeral expenses is remanded to probate court.

  • Phillips v. Adams, Jordan & Herrington, P.C.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-20
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Clarence Mullin, David Rayfield, (Waldrep, Mullin and Callahan, LLC), Columbus, for appellant.
    for defendant: Wiliam Adams, (Adams Law Firm), Macon, Warren Hinds, (Attorney at Law Crossville Village Office Park), Roswell, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0159

    Law firm employee may have a quantum meruit claim where amounts due under an employment agreement are vague.

  • Portman v. Zipperer et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-06-20
    Practice Area: Discovery
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Fields, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly O'Hearn, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Savannah, Francesca Macchiaverna, (Hunter Maclean), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0014

    Plaintiff's complaint was properly dismissed as a sanction for his not appearing for a deposition.

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  • Earwood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rex Abernathy, (Cook & Connelly), Summerville, Robert Rutledge, (Robert Christian Rutledge, PC), Rome, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kay Wetherington, Leigh Patterson, (Assistant District Attorney), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0340

    Prosecution Witness's Reference to Uncharged Sexual Misconduct By Defendant Did Not Require Mistrial

  • Portman v. Zipperer et al.

    Publication Date: 2019-05-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Creditors' and Debtors' Rights
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Willie Fields, (Attorney at Law), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Beverly O'Hearn, (Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC), Savannah, Francesca MacChiaverna, (Hunter Maclean), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0014

    Trial Court Not Obligated to Hold Hearing Before Dismissing Complaint As Sanction for Party's Failure to Attend Deposition

  • Dingle v. Carter

    Publication Date: 2019-05-24
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Celeste Brewer, (Bell & Washington LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Tanya Graham, (The Law Office of Tanya Mitchell Graham, P.C.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0081

    Court Affirms Court Order Finding Mother in Contempt for Failing to Notify Father of Overseas Deployment but Rejects Trial Court's Modifications of Support Obligations as Insufficiently Supported by Analyses

  • French v. Perez

    Publication Date: 2019-05-07
    Practice Area: Evidence
    Industry: Insurance
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Aaron Marks, (The Marks Law Group, LLC), Decatur, for appellant.
    for defendant: Kyle Baker, John Patton, (Taylor English Duma LLP), Atlanta, Kristie Fitzgerald, (Lynn Leonard & Associates), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1679

    Insuror Not Agent of Insured For Purposes of Claim Against Defendant For Spoliation of Evidence

  • Law v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-05-02
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Elder Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Rickman
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Manly, (Manly Shipley LLP), Savannah, Charles Sheppard, (Attorney at Law), Evans, for appellant.
    for defendant: Margaret Heap, Margaret DeLeon, (District Attorney's Office- Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1792

    Court affirms convictions for theft by taking with respect to financial oversight of an elderly person's finances