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  • Bryant v. Okafor

    Publication Date: 2023-05-31
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Benjamin Bengtson, (The Law Firm of Benjamin O. Bengtson), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jesse Broocker, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Paul Weathington, Elizabeth Linginfelter, (Weathington Smith), Atlanta, David Hanson, (The Hanson Firm LLC), Atlanta, for appellee; Sharonda Boyce, Devon Zawko, (Huff Powell and Bailey LLC), Atlanta, for other party.
    Case Number: A23A0041

    Court reverses order granting a motion to dismiss a plaintiff's medical malpractice complaint, finding that a nurse and nurse practitioner are members of the same profession

  • Salaam v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-05-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: G. Stepp, (G. Richard Stepp, P.C.), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patsy Austin-Gatson, Clifford Kurlander, (Gwinnett County District Attorney Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center), Lawrenceville, for appellee.
    Case Number: A23A0091

    Court rejects defendant's challenge to sufficiency of evidence to support convictions for armed robbery and gang activity, but vacates one count due to merger error

  • Espinoza v. Morel et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-18
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Romero Pearson, (Pearson Law Group, LLC), Lawrenceville, for appellant.
    for defendant: David Olson, (Fain, Major and Brennan, LLP), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1653

    Court reverses summary judgment order that had been in favor of a dog's owners where party injured by the dog could show violation of a local restraint ordinance

  • Bray et al. v. Watkins

    Publication Date: 2023-04-13
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Hendrix, Warren Lietz, (Finch McCranie), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jason Waymire, Terry Williams, (Attorney at Law), Buford, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1469

    Court affirms summary judgment in favor of a sheriff who failed to activate a tornada warning system, finding that the public duty doctrine barred the plaintiff's claims

  • Rounds et al. v. Hall County et al.

    Publication Date: 2023-04-04
    Practice Area: Class Actions | Contractual Disputes
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Buckley, Michael Kramer, Anita Balasubramanian, (Buckley Bala Wison Mew LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brenton Bean, P. Freed, William Buechner, Benton Mathis, (Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP.), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1584

    County affirms summary judgment in favor of a County and against a class of employees who argued that the County improperly terminated a defined benefits plan

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  • Antonio Cecil Maxwell v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-27
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: David Lock, (David T. Lock, LLC), Savannah, for appellant.
    for defendant: Michael Edwards, Shalena Jones, (Eastern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1697

    Court affirms convictions for rape and kidnapping over defendant's contentions of failure to suppress statements and to sever offenses, and objections to a jury charge

  • Slaughter v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-03-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jenny Smith, (The Law Office of Jenny C. Smith, LLC), Cumming, for appellant.
    for defendant: Christopher Arnt, (District Attorney), Lafayette, David Wolfe, (Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Ringgold, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1162

    Court affirms convictions for home invasion and other crimes over defendant's multiple contentions of ineffective assistance of counsel

  • State v. Glanton

    Publication Date: 2023-03-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Anthony Williams, Matthew Rollins, (Paulding Circuit District Attorney’s Office), Dallas, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jana Jacobson, (Public Defender Northern Judicial Circuit), Royston, Michael Syrop, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Hunter Rodgers, (J. Ryan Brown Law, LLC), Newnan, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1381

    Court affirms dismissal of drug and driving charges where officers stopped the defendant without a reasonable and articulable basis for detaining him

  • BPG Inspection, LLC et al. v. Omstead

    Publication Date: 2023-03-06
    Practice Area: Contracts | Wrongful Death
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edward Burch, Edward Wasmuth, Leah Sears, (Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Stephen Chance, Lance Lourie, Andrew King, (Watkins Lourie Roll Chance PC), Atlanta, Darren Summerville, Meghan Hatfield Yanacek, (The Summerville Firm), Atlanta, Meredith Kincaid, (Cross Kincaid), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1730

    Court enforces a one-year contractual limitations period for actions in tort and contract and reverses award to a plaintiff that sued for wrongful death damages

  • Underwood v. The State

    Publication Date: 2023-02-24
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Land
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristin Waller, (Attorney at Law), Jefferson, for appellant.
    for defendant: James Smith, (District Attorney), Jefferson, Patrick Najjar, (Piedmont Judicial Circuit - District Attorney’s Office), Jefferson, for appellee.
    Case Number: A22A1448

    Court affirms convictions for trafficking of methamphetamine and other crimes over defendant's challenge to denial of her motion to suppress evidence