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  • T & T Transportation v. Duckworth

    Publication Date: 2021-11-15
    Practice Area: Damages | Motor Vehicle Torts
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: William Jones, (Attorney at Law), Stone Mountain, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jeremy Attaway, (Worsham Corsi Scott & Knighten), Macon, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0987

    Vehicle Owner Presented Sufficient Evidence of Special Damages to Raise Material Issue of Fact

  • Smith et al. v. City of Roswell et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-11-11
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Terry Jackson, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sun Choy, Wesley Jackson, (Freeman Mathis Gary, LLP), Atlanta, Patrick Hannon, (Hall & Lampros LLP), Atlanta, Peter Lampros, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, Hilliard Castilla, Matthew Hurst, (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout), Atlanta, Detriss Thomas, Patrick O'Connor, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, Denval Stewart, Joey Logan-Pugh, (Fulton County Office of the County Attorney), Atlanta, Emily Hirst, (Georgia Municipal Association), Atlanta, Jacquelyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Matthew Moffett, Marie Wilcox, Jordan Raymond, (Gray Rust St Amand Moffett & Brieske LLP), Atlanta, Jennifer Nichols, Maren Cave, (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Atlanta, Charles Medlin, (Bovis, Kyle & Burch, LLC), Atlanta, Winfield Pollidore, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0789

    Court affirms denial of motion to consolidate absent defendants' consent, and affirms dismissal of claims against a City on grounds of sovereign immunity.

  • Rowe d/b/a Shellmar Tree Service v. Tyson

    Publication Date: 2021-11-08
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Construction
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Walter Adams, (Attorney at Law), Brunswick, for appellant.
    for defendant: Brent Savage, Zachary Sprouse, (Savage Turner & Pinckney PC), Savannah, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1091

    Court affirms jury verdict and $4.25 million award in injured employee's failure in a negligence case against an employer

  • Moran v. Team Elite Realty, LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-11-02
    Practice Area: Premises Liability
    Industry: Real Estate
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Frederick Massey, (Massey & Sharry, LLP), Winder, Darren Penn, (Penn Law LLC), Atlanta, James Seifter, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Allen Broughton, Robert Parker, (Allen L Broughton PC), Atlanta, John Stell, (Stell, Smith & Mattison, P.C.), Winder, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1036

    Court affirms summary judgment for property owner and realtor in a slip and fall case where neither defendant had actual or constructive knowledge of property defect

  • The State v. Assing

    Publication Date: 2021-10-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Keith Gammage, (Fulton County Solicitor General), Atlanta, Tamara Crawford, (Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Julie Kert, (Attorney at Law), Atlanta, James Yeargan, (Yeargen & Kert LLC), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0763

    Court affirms suppression of evidence gathered at a DUI traffic stop because State failed to present evidence showing probable cause for the stop

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  • In Re Shawn Donovan Stroud et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-10-25
    Practice Area: Family Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Agbor Ebot Tabi, (The Law Office of Agb or Ebot Tabi, P.C.), Acworth, for appellant.
    for defendant: N/a
    Case Number: A21A0931

    Court affirms denial of a petition to amend a marriage certificate where such amendment was not needed to protect the integrity and accuracy of vital records

  • Douglas v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-10-07
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Grady Douglas, (Washington State Prison), Davisboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Ruth Pawlak, Fani Willis, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A0906

    Court affirms drug and firearm possession convictions over defendant's challenges to a search warrant and other enumerations of error.

  • Hall v. City of Blakely

    Publication Date: 2021-10-06
    Practice Area: Damages | Government | Personal Injury | Tax
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: John Hadden, (The Hadden Law Firm, LLC), Atlanta, Robert Margeson, (Attorney at Law), Albany, William Traylor, (Yearout & Traylor, PC), Birmingham, for appellant.
    for defendant: Franklin Coleman, (Drew Eckl & Farnham), Albany, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1133

    Personal Injury Claimant Against City Failed to State Specific Amount of Monetary Damages Sought

  • Watkins v. The State

    Publication Date: 2021-09-23
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Nefertara Clark, (Clark & Clark Law Group, LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Leigh Patterson, Leah Mayo, (Rome District Attorney's Office), Rome, for appellee.
    Case Number: A21A1126

    Evidence Defendant Rendered Victim's Arm Useless By Fracturing His Collarbone Supported Conviction For Aggravated Battery Litigation: Yes

  • Quynn v. Hulsey et al.

    Publication Date: 2021-09-14
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Transportation
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Judge Mercier
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Caleb Walker, (Katherine L. McArthur, LLC), Macon, Katherine McArthur, (McArthur Law Firm), Macon, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jacquelyn Smith, (Attorney at Law), Alpharetta, Matthew Moffett, (Gray, Rust, St. Amand Moffett & Brieske, LLP), Atlanta, for Appellee.
    Case Number: A19A0689

    Court adopts a Georgia Supreme Court opinion, vacates a part of its earlier, and reverses a partial summary judgment grant for an employer in a negligence case